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A man wipes sweat from his face in the scorching heat of a business district in Tokyo on Monday, July 23, 2018. Warm, hot temperatures are expected for large portions of Japan and South Korea in a prolonged heat wave. The mercury is expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) Monday in Nagoya city in central Japan and reach 37 in Tokyo. Deaths have been reported almost daily. (Koji Sasahara / Associated Press)
TOKYO – Temperature in a city north of Tokyo reached 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday The record was recorded in Kumagaya, a town in Saitama Prefecture about 65 kilometers northwest. According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, a system of high pressure that remains has caused record temperatures in the region for more than a week, killing more than 40 people in Japan and 10 in South Korea. In Japan, people were transported to hospitals with heat stroke symptoms during the heat wave for more than a week. The agency Kyodo News has registered more than 40 deaths in Japan. Many of the victims were elderly people who did not use air conditioning.
In South Korea, 10 people died of heat stroke and other heat-related causes this summer. Seven of them died last week, the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. About 1,040 people became ill because of the heat from May 20 to July 21, an increase of 61% over the same period last year.
South Korea's lowest level was recorded in Gangneung City The morning in Seoul was 29.2 degrees, the highest in the country's capital, according to the South Korean Meteorological Agency .
Mercury reached 39.9 degrees Celsius (103.8 F) in the southeastern town of Hayang, the highest recorded this year
Japanese authorities warned people to stay indoors and use air conditioning
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