2 bodies found after explosion, fire in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters battle a blaze at a three-story building in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 12 after an explosion triggered the fire there. Two bodies, believed to be those of Kiyoko Yokoyama, 88, and her daughter-in-law Yoko, 55, were found.

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