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Japan is record heat. Last week, the temperature in eastern Japan 40ºC for the first time in June. Isesaki City in Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo, a temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius on Saturday. The hotter than usual weather people are using their air conditioners more. This is it difficult for power companies to up with demand. To help these companies, Japan's government has people to use less electricity. Spokesman Yoshihiko Isozaki said: "We the public to reduce energy consumption during the early evening hours." He people to off unnecessary lights from 3 pm to 6 pm and use air conditioners less.

Japan's heat wave is to continue. The weather agency that the country's rainy season at its earliest since records began in 1851. This a longer and hotter summer. The government said: "We are by unusual heat for the season. Please and save as much power as possible." The Tokyo Electric Power Company warned there a risk of power shortages and blackouts if people did not less energy. There is also a risk of people getting heatstroke. More than 250 people were to hospital in Tokyo over the weekend after suffering from heatstroke. The government is advising people to more water and not to exercise outside in the heat.