Tokyo waiving water fees this summer
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Tokyo to waive water fees this summer to combat extreme heat

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Tokyo to waive basic water utility fees this summer to combat extreme heat.
More than 36bn ($ 250 m; 186 m) has been set aside for the subsidies.
Heatstroke claimed a record 263 lives in Tokyo last summer .
Many victims did not have air conditioning or chose not to use it because of high costs.
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