Editorial

15:30 JST, January 14, 2025

Japan has seen a number of house fires, mainly on its Pacific Ocean side. Due to dry air, fires are spreading quickly and many people have died. Each household must make efforts to inspect potential places of fire sources and take fire prevention measures.

According to the Tokyo Fire Department, a total of 82 people died due to house fires in Tokyo last year, including 30 deaths in November and December alone. Two people died when a Liberal Democratic Party Diet member’s condominium, which was her residence, was gutted by fire in late November. Another two people died in a fire that burned 10 houses on New Year’s Eve.

Earlier this year, too, there was a series of house fires that broke out on the same day in........

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