Tangerine farming all over Japan..."This summer and fall is the hottest day ever".

[Anchor]
It turns out that Japan was the hottest on record this summer until autumn.

The unusual temperature is also hitting the tangerine harvest, Japan's main winter fruit.

Correspondent Kim Se-ho's report from Tokyo.

[Reporter]
A tangerine farm in Kanagawa Prefecture, famous for picking tangerines among tourists.

It is not easy to find tangerines that should be abundant at this time of the year.

[Tourist: Is this all?] [Not at all]
The tangerine yield has fallen to less than half of the average year due to the ∀, a pest that has rapidly increased since the heat and rainy season.

[Farm owner: I think my income will drop by nearly half. The situation is really serious.

On another farm, many tangerines are hanging from trees unripe.

Because of the unusual heat this year, it has become common for colors to change or moisture to dry out due to strong sunlight.

[Farm owner: It's stopped in blue due to the summer heat]

The Japan Meteorological Administration announced that the average temperature between September and November this fall was 1.97 degrees higher than the average year.

The figure is the highest since 1898, when there are relevant statistics.

Because of this, one to two weeks of 'periodic autumn leaves' were seen at major maple spots compared to previous years, and the first snow on Mount Fuji was the slowest in 130 years.

In addition, the sea surface temperature near Japan rose 1.7 degrees Celsius compared to the average year last month, resulting in an unusually large number of typhoons and torrential rains.

The average summer temperature from June to August also reached an all-time high, exceeding the average of 1.76 degrees Celsius.

Frequent abnormal temperatures, such as unusual heat waves, have a significant impact on various parts of life.

I'm Kim Se-ho from YTN in Tokyo.