Summer in Japan means festivals, fireworks and a host of annual events designed to bring people together despite the searing heat.

尽管夏日灼热难忍，但在日本夏天意味着节日、烟花以及一系列年度活动，人们相聚一起共同庆祝。

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Because of the typhoons that batter Japan in the summer, Japanese builders learned to extend the eaves of buildings further beyond the walls.

由于夏季袭击日本的台风，日本的建筑工人学会了将建筑物的屋檐延伸到墙外更远的地方。

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Earlier this summer I was at a smelter in Japan, the largest titanium smelter on the planet.

早在这个夏天我去了日本一家熔炼厂，那是全世界最大的熔炼厂。

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Earlier this summer I was at a smelter in Japan, the largest titanium smelter on the planet.

早在这个夏天我去了日本一家熔炼厂，那是全世界最大的熔炼厂。

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Aso also pledged to announce details in the summer of how Japan planned to reach its target of cutting carbon emissions by up to 80 percent by 2050 and said the country could play a leading role in the development of greener technologies.

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Holden, 36, coached in New Zealand and Japan before joining Wasps in the summer of 2005.

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Since last summer, Japan has been embroiled in a rancorous dispute with China over a group of small East China Sea islands.

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