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Tokyo swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warning / 32DD39D
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Extreme heat hits Japan, with temperature records toppling and Tokyo's rainy season declared over at the earliest date on record.
"We knew the electricity demand would go up so authorities should have taken measures more swiftly. But they didn't do anything until it got really hot. There are things we can do [to save energy] but some things we can't," says one Tokyo resident. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES