<span style="color: #222222;">Extreme heat is expected to continue across Japan today, with highs of 39 degrees Celsius forecast in some areas.<br />''<br />'' The MeT Agency said temperatures are being pushed up nationwide by a dominant high-pressure system. <br />''<br />''Expected daytime highs are 39 degrees for Maebashi and Kumagaya, 38 degrees for Nagoya and Kyoto, 37 degrees for Fukushima and Yamaguchi, 36 degrees for Okayama and Hiroshima, and 35 degrees for Tokyo and Osaka.</span><br />''  <br />