[(Title)]2,000 people taken to hospitals as Japan bakes in heat wave

A heat wave continued to scorch Japan on Monday, with some regions seeing temperatures hitting record highs for the year.

周一的热浪持续给日本带来高温，一些地区气温创下了今年的新高。

Temperatures topped 39 degrees in Ibigawa and Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture in western Japan.

日本西部揖斐川町和岐阜的多治见市温度超过39度。

The mercury climbed above 38 in eastern and central regions, according to the Meteorological Agency.

据气象局统计，东部和中部地区的温度飙升至38度以上。

Of the agency’s 927 monitoring points, 186 logged 35 degrees or higher, it said.

该机构的927个监测点中，有186个点达到35摄氏度以上。

Over 2,000 people were taken to hospitals for heat exhaustion or heatstroke, and five died on Monday as the three-day weekend drew to a close, according to a Kyodo News tally.

据《共同新闻》报道，目前已有7人中暑热死，2,000多人被送往医院。