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An unprecedented heat wave kills Japan . A Kumagaya about 80 kilometers north of Tokyo temperatures reached 41.1 degrees: it is the highest level ever recorded by the National Meteorological Agency. The previous record dates from August 12, 2013 in the city of Shimanto in the prefecture of Kochi south-west of the archipelago, with 41 degrees
Victims, since the beginning of the heat wave, they are 40 of which 11 died only on Saturday. Thousands of people, mostly elderly people, have been hospitalized in the country. In Tokyo, an exceptional number of ambulances was used, more than 3,000 to cope with the critical situation
According to the latest weather report, a high pressure front will keep temperatures to a minimum until early August and the Agency issued weather warnings in 39 of the archipelago's 47 prefectures .
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