TOKYO -- Japan's deadly, record-breaking heat wave has as much as doubled the price of summer vegetables and is now weighing on waterworks, threatening further damage to livelihoods.
Temperatures topped 35 C in 170 locations across the country on Wednesday. From July 1 through last Tuesday, average temperatures in the region surrounding Tokyo have been the highest on record, 3.3 degrees higher than normal. A town outside the capital logged 41.1 C on Monday, a new record for Japan. As of Monday, more than 40 people had died from heat-related conditions.
