Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with relatives of people who died as a result of using defective products or in product-related accidents at the prime minister's office on May 19. Yukiko Joshima (2nd from L), 54, the mother of Hiroyuki Joshima who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 due to a defective heater, and Yuka Murata (L), 46, whose 7-year-old son died of suffocation in 2007 after eating konjac jelly, presented Fukuda with a petition urging the government to set up a new government agency in charge of consumer affairs.

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