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17-12-2021, 01:30 PM
17 Dec 2021 11:55AM
(Updated: 17 Dec 2021 01:07PM)
TOKYO: At least 27 people are feared dead after a fire on Friday (Dec 17) in a busy shopping district in the Japanese city of Osaka.
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Deadly fires are unusual in Japan, which has strict building standards, and violent crime is also rare.
One year ago, a man was charged with murder over a 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto animation studio that killed 36 people, the country's deadliest violent crime in decades.
The attack sent shockwaves through the anime industry and its fans in Japan and around the world.
A 2008 arson attack on a video shop in Osaka killed 16 people. The attacker is now on death row.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/jap...17-2386141
(Updated: 17 Dec 2021 01:07PM)
TOKYO: At least 27 people are feared dead after a fire on Friday (Dec 17) in a busy shopping district in the Japanese city of Osaka.
......
Deadly fires are unusual in Japan, which has strict building standards, and violent crime is also rare.
One year ago, a man was charged with murder over a 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto animation studio that killed 36 people, the country's deadliest violent crime in decades.
The attack sent shockwaves through the anime industry and its fans in Japan and around the world.
A 2008 arson attack on a video shop in Osaka killed 16 people. The attacker is now on death row.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/jap...17-2386141
