Heatwave' in Japan Power cut in Tokyo, 250 people hospitalized due to heat

- Temperature reaches 40.2 degrees north of Tokyo: Meltdown at Fukushima nuclear plant shuts down: Power outage in Japan

TOKYO: The heatwave in Japan is causing unbearable heat. With temperatures hovering around 40.5 degrees Celsius north of Tokyo, many people have suffered sun-strokes, of which 20 have been hospitalized. The Japan Meteorological Agency said in a note from 191 that the heat usually subsided when the rains began in July. But this year, the heat wave has returned to all the islands of the country with not enough rainfall.

Japan's Ministry of Economy and Industry has urged citizens to use as little electricity as possible supplied by the Tokyo Electric Power Company.

"The demand for electricity was higher on Monday than on Sunday because the temperature was higher on Monday than on Sunday," said Kanam Ugwa, director of the ministry's electricity supply department. He also asked the public to use air-conditioning properly and to beware of heat-strokes.

The Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was shut down in 2011 due to a meltdown. In addition, old call plants have also been shut down, leading to power shortages in the country.

The decision not to buy crude oil from Russia has also caused problems for power plants in Japan, which is facing a shortage of crude oil.