(1)Mercury soars to record highs in western Japan

(1)Mercury soars to record highs in western Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Monkeys at a Kyoto zoo go bathing in a pool July 24 as the temperature climbed to 36.8 degrees Celsius, the highest this summer in the western Japan city.

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