THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 25, 2024 at 17:21 JST
Ryoken Hirayama, who was first arrested on suspicion of destroying two corpses, in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward on April 22 (Shota Tomonaga)
A man suspected of setting fire to two bodies on a riverbed said he “accepted a large sum of money for the job” and sought help for the “disposal” work, investigative sources said. [Read More]
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