3 die, 2 injured at central Japan nursing home, prompting probe

Kenichi Orishige (C), head of the medical corporation Dojinkai, which operates the nursing home Soleil, speaks to reporters in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, in central Japan on Aug. 18, 2017, following the deaths of three elderly residents and serious injuries of two others at the nursing home since the end of July. As local authorities conducted an onsite inspection of the facility, Orishige said "intentional factors cannot be ruled out" in the incidents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo