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Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, as extreme heat waves fueled by climate change engulfed many parts of the globe.<\/p>\n

Temperatures in the country were 2.16 degrees Celsius higher than average, breaking last year’s record for July of 1.91 degrees Celsius above average.<\/p>\n

“It was the highest since statistics began in 1898,” the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Thursday, noting that the figures were “considerably higher” nationwide.<\/p>\n

Of 153 observation posts across Japan, 62 broke their average temperature record in July.<\/p>\n

Contributing factors included a high-pressure system over the Pacific and “warm air from the south” that shrouded northern parts of the archipelago, the JMA said.<\/p>\n

Since April, heatstroke has killed 59 people in Japan, according to the disaster management agency.<\/p>\n

Parasols and chunky necklaces that can be stored in the freezer have been a common sight around Tokyo, where street performer Jiro Kan, 56, told AFP he was feeling the heat.<\/p>\n

“After spending two hours standing here, I get so sweaty I can literally squeeze it all out from my shirt. I’m drenched,” said Kan, dressed in an all-yellow suit.<\/p>\n

“People who are used to a more dry type of heat like in the United States find the heat and humidity in Japan more difficult to handle,” he said in tourist hotspot Asakusa.<\/p>\n

Last month, Shizuoka west of Tokyo became the first Japanese region to see the mercury reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) this year\u2014far surpassing the 35-degree threshold deemed “extremely hot” by authorities.<\/p>\n

Heat waves are becoming increasingly common across the globe, with the European Union’s climate monitor saying in July that the Earth experienced its warmest day in recorded history.<\/p>\n

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