Over a hundred dead in Tokyo as city sizzles through warmest July on record

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Intense summer heat in Japan's capital city for the month of July killed over 100 people, many of whom were found inside their homes with an air conditioner installed but not turned on.

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00:00As Japan sweltered through its hottest July temperatures in over a century, more than

00:05100 people died in the capital from suspected heat stroke. Tokyo's medical examiner's office

00:11reported 123 people died in July, with the majority being over the age of 60. Last month,

00:18Japan sizzled through the warmest July since records began in 1898, with the temperature

00:23reaching 2.16 degrees Celsius above average. Over 37,000 people were treated for heat stroke

00:31across the country, authorities said.

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