Pedestrians use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun in Tokyo, where temperatures frequently exceed 30°C. (EPA Images pic)TOKYO: Tokyo and Osaka topped 30C on Wednesday, the latest in the year both cities have ever recorded such temperatures, a Japan weather official said.
Warm, humid air from the south swept across Japan, particularly areas along the Pacific coast, sending temperatures unusually high for late October.
Tokyo climbed above 30C by early afternoon, the threshold the Japan Meteorological Agency classifies as a "midsummer day", JMA data science official Kazuhiro Shirono told AFP.
It marked the latest 30C-plus day recorded in the Japanese capital since observations began in 1875, he said.
