Another gas leak found near site of fatal leak in Hokkaido

KITAMI, Japan - Hokkaido Gas Co. President Yozo Maezumi (C) bows in apology to Hiroyuki Goto in Kitami, eastern Hokkaido, on Jan. 20. Goto's wife, Kyoko, is one of three persons who were killed in a gas leak on Jan. 18.

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