Tokyo sees this year's highest temperature

Tokyo sees this year's highest temperature

TOKYO, Japan - Children play in the water at Odaiba Seaside Park on Tokyo Bay as the metropolis had this year's highest temperature of 31.5 C on June 25. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that an active seasonal rain front retreated and stayed off the southern coasts of the main island.

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