Tokyo, Japan (AFP) – Japan this year suffered its joint warmest summer since records began, equalling the level seen in 2023, data from the weather office showed on Monday.

The long-term average temperature between June and August was 1.76 Celsius degrees above the standard value, the joint highest since statistics started being kept in 1898, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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