THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 2, 2021 at 17:40 JST
Flowers and drinks were offered at the parking space where the bus in question was parked. Photo taken in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 1 (Daisuke Yamamoto)
NAKAMA, Fukuoka Prefecture--A 5-year-old boy left alone in a locked school bus for nine hours in blazing heat died of heatstroke in what police suspect was a clear-cut case of negligence on the part of the nursery school he attended. [Read More]
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