THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 20, 2021 at 14:24 JST
Osaka’s Kita-Shinchi district is home to many multitenant buildings, including the Dojima Kita Building, the site of the Dec. 17 fire, shown in the lower right. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Fire departments will conduct emergency fire-safety inspections at about 30,000 multitenant buildings around Japan, Yasushi Kaneko, the internal affairs minister, said on Dec. 19. [Read More]
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