Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the specter of cuts.
Pedestrians walk on a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on June 26, 2022. Philip Fong/ AFP
—the worst streak of hot weather in June since records began in 1875. And the heatwave isn't about to break: the Japan Meteorological Agency forecast highs of 36°C for Tokyo on Thursday and 35°C on Friday. "We're telling people that when they're outside, can take sufficient distance and aren't talking, they should take off their masks," health minister Shigeyuki Goto told a news conference.
The reserve ratio for Tokyo during the evening on Tuesday was expected to fall below 5% as of Monday evening, close to the minimum of 3% that ensures stable supply, in Tokyo and eight surrounding prefectures. Reserve capacity below 3% risks power shortages and blackouts. Electronics stores took similar steps, shutting off televisions and other goods on sales floors that would normally be kept on to lure buyers, and some Tokyo residents said on social media they were turning off all appliances not in use.Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike attended a meeting of Tokyo Electric Power Co shareholders on Tuesday, later saying she had called for price cuts, Fuji News Network reported. TEPCO provides power to the greater Tokyo region.
Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the junior partner in Kishida's coalition government, warned on Monday in a campaign speech that citizens were risking heatstroke by trying to economize on power.
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