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Tanita donates heatstroke meter to Tajimi City

GIFU, Japan - Tajimi Mayor Masanori Furukawa (R) and Senri Tanida, president of Tanita Corp., hold a heat disorders index meter donated by the company at Tajimi City Hall in Gifu Prefecture on July 17, 2014, with the city's mascot character "Unagappa." Tajimi is one of the hottest places in Japan.

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3 hot Japanese cities join hands in promoting tourism

Mascot characters from three cities famous for the oppressive summer heat appear during their joint tourism promotion event capitalizing on their record-setting temperatures in the central Japanese city of Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture on July 25, 2015. The mascots are (from L to R) "Shimacchi" from Shimanto in Kochi Prefecture, "Unagappa" from Tajimi and "Nyaozane" from Kumagaya in Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temperature rises to 34.3 C in Tajimi, central Japan

Unagappa, a mascot character representing Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, stands by a temperature indicator reading 34.3 C on May 27, 2015. The mercury shot up to 34.6 C the same day in Hita, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo