More kin of Japanese victims of fire head to Austria

NARITA, Japan, - Relatives of six of the 10 Japanese nationals who died in a fire Nov. 11 in an Austrian funicular train leave Narita airport on Nov. 26 to claim the bodies. Tomoya Deguchi (L), an elder son of Okihiko Deguchi, a 42-year-old ski instructor who previously served as a demonstrator for the Ski Association of Japan, is one of the relatives.

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