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Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday (Aug 5), prompting the government to advise residents to stay indoors as concerns mount about heat-related health risks.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Japan recorded its highest ever temperature on Tuesday, prompting the government to advise

00:07residents to stay indoors due to concerns over heat-related health risks.

00:12The eastern city of Isisaki in Gunma Prefecture recorded the highest temperature of 41.8

00:18degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous high of 41.2 degrees Celsius recorded last week

00:24in the western city of Tamba in Hyogo Prefecture.

00:29Many people in Tokyo and Kyoto said the extreme heat is taking a toll on senior citizens.

00:59It's crazy. It's cold. It's cold. It's cold. It's cold when I'm in the air.

01:08I'm in the air. It's hot now, I'm in the air.

01:11This is the day of 38 degrees or 9 degrees of COVID-19, so I'm tired.

01:27I think it's hard to get tired.

01:31I think it's hard to get tired, but I don't think it's hard to get tired.

01:40The Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said so far this summer,

01:58more than 53,000 people have been taken to hospital for heat stroke.

02:03Average temperatures across the country have continued to climb

02:06after marking a record high in July for the third year in a row,

02:10while the north-eastern region, along the sea of Japan,

02:14has registered critically low levels of rainfall,

02:17raising concerns over the rice harvest.

02:20It's very difficult to go outside.

02:22I'd like to live in a home every day and live in the middle of the day.

02:40The Japanese Fire and Disaster Research System is due in fact

02:45to the flights very early on.

02:47The Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency

02:49by accessing college board of the country's

02:53countries on freeze management,

41.8 °C recorded in Japan – the highest in history

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