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Fire. On 17 December 2021, at 10:20 a.m. local time, a fire broke out at an eight-story building in Kita, a ward of Osaka, Japan. The fire broke out in a psychiatric clinic that is located on the fourth floor, [8] called Nishi Umeda Kokoro to Karada no Kurinikku (西梅田こころとからだのクリニック, Nishi Umeda Clinic for the Mind ...
Myojo 56 building fire. The Myojo 56 building fire (明星56ビル火災, Myōjō Gojū-Roku Biru Kasai) was a structural fire that began at about 01:00 local time on September 1, 2001 in the Myojo 56 building, located in the Kabukichō section of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The fire, the fifth-deadliest in post-war Japanese history, [1] burned for ...
Canecão Mineiro nightclub fire: Belo Horizonte: Brazil 2001 7: 197 pyrotechnics Myojo 56 building fire: Kabukicho, Shinjuku: Japan 2001 44: 3 suspected arson Fifth-deadliest fire in post-war Japanese history Club La Guajira fire: Caracas: Venezuela 2002 47: 28 Christmas decoration Bouncer delayed exit asking patrons not to leave without paying
Nagoya was attacked again by 457 B-29s on the night of 16 May, and the resulting fires destroyed 3.82 square miles (9.9 km 2) of the city. Japanese defenses were much weaker by night, and the three bombers lost in this attack crashed due to mechanical problems. The two raids on Nagoya killed 3,866 Japanese and rendered another 472,701 homeless ...
The Sennichi Department Store Building fire occurred in Sennichimae, Minami-ku (now Chuo-ku ), Osaka, Japan on May 13, 1972. [1] The fire killed at least 118 people and injured another 78. [2] It was the deadliest department store fire in Japan. The building that housed the department store also contained various other businesses, including a ...
Grave of the Fireflies. Grave of the Fireflies ( Japanese: 火垂るの墓, Hepburn: Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka .
Kitsunebi. The Bakemono Tsukushi Emaki, author unknown (late Edo period) "Kitsunebi" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. Kitsunebi (狐火) is an atmospheric ghost light told about in legends all across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture. [1] They are also called "hitobosu", "hitomoshi" (火点し), [2] and "rinka" (燐火).
A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. ... Japan's PM cancels central Asia trip after earthquake risk warning.