5 found guilty over 2001 Kabukicho fire that killed 44 people

5 found guilty over 2001 Kabukicho fire that killed 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Suiko Nakamura (far R) and fellow plaintiffs speak at a news conference in Tokyo on July 2 after the Tokyo District Court gave five individuals suspended prison terms for professional negligence in connection with a fire that claimed 44 lives in a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district in 2001, and acquitted the sixth defendant.

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