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Japan Begins Energy-Saving Scheme As Heatwave Hits
- By The Financial District
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min read
On Friday, July 1, 2022, Japanese families and businesses began a three-month period of electricity conservation to avoid a power outage during a record-breaking hot wave, marking the first time the government has made such a request in seven years, according to Kyodo News.
Photo Insert: Energy-saving techniques are especially suggested between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., when solar power generation begins to decline.
Power demand has been extraordinarily high in June due to unusually hot weather, with supply likely to remain tight throughout the summer due to continuous heat and infrastructural difficulties.
The Japanese archipelago has seen record-breaking temperatures in recent days, with temperatures hitting 35 degrees Celsius or higher in numerous regions, and the hot weather is expected to persist.
For the seventh day in a row, the temperature in central Tokyo reached 37.0 degrees Celsius in the morning, exceeding the country's "extreme heat" threshold of 35 degrees Celsius.
The temperature in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi reached 38.2 degrees Celsius at one point in the city of Toyota. Kei Iida, 33, who manages a tiny hotel in the neighboring city of Okazaki with six guestrooms, said he is requesting his guests to turn off the air conditioners when they leave their rooms.
Because of the increased risk of heatstroke, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry is urging people to continue using air conditioners and instead save electricity by turning off superfluous lights.
A government spokeswoman also recommended people to remove their face masks outside to avoid heatstroke, as many had been wearing them since the coronavirus outbreak.
"We are asking the public to take off the masks except for when talking at a short distance," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara said during a regular news conference. Energy-saving techniques are especially suggested between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., when solar power generation begins to decline.
