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Mercury hits 39 degrees in eastern Japan on Monday
Scorching weather continued across Japan on Monday. The mercury rose to 39 degrees Celsius in some regions in Tochigi and Yamanashi prefectures in eastern Japan. Japanese weather officials say a high-pressure system near Japan's main island of Honshu …