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Japan begins 3-month energy saving period amid record heatwave
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government for the first time in seven years requested Friday that businesses and households begin a three-month period of conserving electricity to avoid a power crunch as temperatures have hit record highs during a scorching heatwave.
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Blackout fears in heatwave-hit Tokyo as power plant fails
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 30 (ANI): A thermal power plant in northeast Japan was taken offline due to a technical glitch on Thursday further raising the ongoing concerns over a blackout in the heatwave-hit capital amid the soaring temperature levels not seen in June in almost 150 years.
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Japan continues to swelter in blistering heat, heatstroke warning issued
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 11 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday continued to reel under soaring high temperatures as the mercury climbed to above 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, forcing authorities to issue a heatstroke alert and advising people to remove their face masks in certain situations.
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