THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 18, 2024 at 17:20 JST
A forest road leads to the site where two bodies were found near a riverbed in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture. Residents and forestry cooperative officials are generally the only people who enter this area, they say. (Satomi Ono)
NASU, Tochigi Prefecture—One of two bodies found burned in the mountains here was identified as Ryutaro Takarajima, a 55-year-old businessman from Tokyo, investigative sources said. [Read More]
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