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Japan's plan to reopen nuclear power plants due to record-breaking heat - BBC News
Japan is in the midst of its hottest early summer on record, with June temperatures breaking through 40C last week.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the country must quickly restart more of its nuclear power plants as power stations struggle to keep up.
But 11 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster the push to restart Japan's nuclear plants remains deeply unpopular.