2 children die in residential fire in Hiroshima
December 30, 2005Two children died in a fire at their home in the city of Hiroshima Friday morning, police said. They are believed to be Shinobu Sori, 12, and her brother Fumiya, 5, the police said.
Man who lost wife, sons in hot-spring tragedy also dies
December 30, 2005A man who is believed to have been affected by hydrogen sulfide gas from hot springs near an inn in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, died Friday afternoon, after his wife and two sons died the previous day, police said. The four are Yasushi Matsui, a 47-year-old research assistant at the University of Tokyo, his wife Rie, 42, and their sons Biita, 8, and Chitaru 6.
Brazilian man found stabbed to death in Aichi Pref.
December 30, 2005A 33-year-old Brazilian man of Japanese descent was found stabbed to death in an apartment building in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, early Friday, police said. The police found the body of Maekawa Emerson Tanoue with stab wounds on his back in an apartment on the first floor after they had rushed to the scene upon receiving a report around 1:35 a.m. from a Brazilian woman who lived with the victim.