Two die in fire at Japanese lawmaker's residence in Tokyo


Photo taken on the night of Nov 27, 2024, shows a burning apartment building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. - Photo: Kyodo

TOKYO: A fire broke out Wednesday (Nov 27) in an apartment building in Tokyo where a Japanese lawmaker lives with her family, and two unidentified bodies have been found at the scene, local authorities said.

A report was made after 7pm local time Wednesday that a fire had started at a unit in a six-story apartment building in Bunkyo Ward of the Japanese capital, the residence of Kuniko Inoguchi, an upper house lawmaker of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and three other family members, a firefighter said.

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