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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Masato Joshima (L) and his wife, Yukiko Joshima, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to a former president and a former official of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd. over the carbon monoxide poisoning death in 2005 of the couple's 18-year-old son, who used a gas water heater made by the company.

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Murder suspected over 2 bodies found in gutted car

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers and firefighters inspect a gutted minivan in which two charred bodies were found along with a charcoal stove on a street in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. The police initially suspected that the two had used the stove to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning but arrested a 37-year-old man the next day on suspicion of killing the two.

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Police inspect Yamaguchi hotel after fatal CO poisoning

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Police inspect Yamaguchi Shuhou Plaza Hotel near the tourist attraction Akiyoshi Cave in Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 3, a day after a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning incident. A photographer tasked with taking photos for a school group excursion died.

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2 construction workers die of carbon monoxide poisoning

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Rescue workers at the entrance of an underground industrial pipe in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 7 work to rescue two construction workers who lost consciousness inside the 1.2-kilometer-long pipe. The two were later pronounced dead from carbon monoxide poisoning.

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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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Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said.

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Police send papers on ex-Paloma execs to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Police sent to prosecutors papers on former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo) and two other people over the death of a university student of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 and the injury of his brother.

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3 dead since '03 in CO poisoning caused by Rinnai water heaters

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyasu Naito, president of Rinnai Corp., speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Feb. 10 about carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a water heater manufactured by the company.

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Police search Paloma over fatal emissions from gas heaters

NAGOYA, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department carry cardboard boxes out of the head office of Paloma Co. in Nagoya on Jan. 27 after searching it on suspicion of negligence in the death of a man and injury of his brother due to carbon monoxide emissions from a Paloma-brand gas-powered water heater in Tokyo in 2005.

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Paloma admits defect in heaters

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Kawase, vice president of Paloma Industries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26 after submitting a report to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In the report, Paloma said dozens of carbon monoxide poisoning cases caused by its gas water heaters were attributable to defective products.

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Gov't scolds Paloma over fatal CO poisonings

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Toshihiro Nikai (L) reprimands Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (R) Aug. 28 over 21 fatal carbon monoxide poisonings caused by his company's defective gas water heaters. The government issued an emergency order for the company to speed up free repairs of the product.

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Paloma offices, factory raided over CO poisoning

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the building in Nagoya housing the head offices of gas appliance maker Palmoa Industries Ltd. and its parent and sales firm Paloma Co. Japan's industry ministry searched them Aug. 10 after a series of fatal carbon monoxide-poisoning cases involving Paloma gas water heaters.

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Paloma presents report to gov't on probe into CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi speaks to reporters on July 31 after presenting to the industry ministry results of its in-house probe into carbon monoxide poisoning accidents that resulted from defective gas water heaters.

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Paloma presents report to gov't on probe into CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (L) presents to an industry ministry official on July 31 results of its in-house probe into carbon monoxide poisoning accidents that resulted from defective gas water heaters.

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Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoning

NAGOYA, Japan - Paloma Co. President Hiroaki Kobayashi (2nd from R) and his father and Chairman Toshihiro Kobayashi (far right) express their apology during a press conference at the company head office in Nagoya on July 18. The said that five more people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its water heaters in addition to the initially reported 15, bringing the death toll to 20.

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Paloma water heaters caused 15 deaths from CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Paloma Ltd. President Hiroaki Kobayashi wipes off his sweat during a press conference in Nagoya on July 14 after the Trade and Industry Ministry said that water heaters manufactured by the company have caused 17 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning that killed 15 people between 1985 and 2005.

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M'shita vows to prevent recurrence of faulty heaters mishaps

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Toda (C), executive vice president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the company's defective kerosene heaters, during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 6.

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5 bodies found in car in Shiga Pref., group suicide suspected

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers check a car parked on a street in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, on March 30 after four men and one woman were found dead in it. The five people, believed to be in their 20s, likely died of carbon monoxide poisoning as four charcoal stoves were found in the rear of the car.

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7 found dead in car at mountain parking lot

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows a car in which four men and three women believed to be in their teens and 20s were found dead Oct. 12. The car, seen here in front of a police station, was at a mountain parking lot in the town of Minano, Saitama Prefecture. Police found four charcoal stoves in the car and suspect the seven committed group suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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1 worker dead, 14 ill in CO leak at chemical plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Firefighters examine a chemical plant owned by Tokyo-based Teijin Chemicals Ltd. in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on July 9. Fifteen workers were sickened at the plant earlier in the day after carbon monoxide began leaking inside the facility. One worker later died.

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7 found dead in car at mountain parking lot

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows a car in which four men and three women believed to be in their teens and 20s were found dead Oct. 12. The car, seen here in front of a police station, was at a mountain parking lot in the town of Minano, Saitama Prefecture. Police found four charcoal stoves in the car and suspect the seven committed group suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. (Kyodo)

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5 bodies found in car in Shiga Pref., group suicide suspected

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers check a car parked on a street in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, on March 30 after four men and one woman were found dead in it. The five people, believed to be in their 20s, likely died of carbon monoxide poisoning as four charcoal stoves were found in the rear of the car. (Kyodo)

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Paloma water heaters caused 15 deaths from CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Paloma Ltd. President Hiroaki Kobayashi wipes off his sweat during a press conference in Nagoya on July 14 after the Trade and Industry Ministry said that water heaters manufactured by the company have caused 17 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning that killed 15 people between 1985 and 2005. (Kyodo)

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Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoni

NAGOYA, Japan - Paloma Co. President Hiroaki Kobayashi (2nd from R) and his father and Chairman Toshihiro Kobayashi (far right) express their apology during a press conference at the company head office in Nagoya on July 18. The said that five more people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its water heaters in addition to the initially reported 15, bringing the death toll to 20. (Kyodo)

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Paloma presents report to gov't on probe into CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (L) presents to an industry ministry official on July 31 results of its in-house probe into carbon monoxide poisoning accidents that resulted from defective gas water heaters. (Kyodo)

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Paloma presents report to gov't on probe into CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi speaks to reporters on July 31 after presenting to the industry ministry results of its in-house probe into carbon monoxide poisoning accidents that resulted from defective gas water heaters. (Kyodo)

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Gov't scolds Paloma over fatal CO poisonings

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Toshihiro Nikai (L) reprimands Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (R) Aug. 28 over 21 fatal carbon monoxide poisonings caused by his company's defective gas water heaters. The government issued an emergency order for the company to speed up free repairs of the product. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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M'shita vows to prevent recurrence of faulty heaters mishaps

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Toda (C), executive vice president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the company's defective kerosene heaters, during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 6. (Kyodo)

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2 construction workers die of carbon monoxide poisoning

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Rescue workers at the entrance of an underground industrial pipe in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 7 work to rescue two construction workers who lost consciousness inside the 1.2-kilometer-long pipe. The two were later pronounced dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. (Kyodo)

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Paloma offices, factory raided over CO poisoning

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the building in Nagoya housing the head offices of gas appliance maker Palmoa Industries Ltd. and its parent and sales firm Paloma Co. Japan's industry ministry searched them Aug. 10 after a series of fatal carbon monoxide-poisoning cases involving Paloma gas water heaters. (Kyodo)

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Police inspect Yamaguchi hotel after fatal CO poisoning

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Police inspect Yamaguchi Shuhou Plaza Hotel near the tourist attraction Akiyoshi Cave in Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 3, a day after a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning incident. A photographer tasked with taking photos for a school group excursion died. (Kyodo)

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3 dead since '03 in CO poisoning caused by Rinnai water heaters

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyasu Naito, president of Rinnai Corp., speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Feb. 10 about carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a water heater manufactured by the company. (Kyodo)

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Police search Paloma over fatal emissions from gas heaters

NAGOYA, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department carry cardboard boxes out of the head office of Paloma Co. in Nagoya on Jan. 27 after searching it on suspicion of negligence in the death of a man and injury of his brother due to carbon monoxide emissions from a Paloma-brand gas-powered water heater in Tokyo in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Paloma admits defect in heaters

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Kawase, vice president of Paloma Industries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26 after submitting a report to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In the report, Paloma said dozens of carbon monoxide poisoning cases caused by its gas water heaters were attributable to defective products. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

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Police send papers on ex-Paloma execs to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Police sent to prosecutors papers on former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo) and two other people over the death of a university student of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 and the injury of his brother. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Kobayashi (L), a former president of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd., and Wataru Kamatsuka, a former chief quality control officer of the company, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to the two men over the 2005 fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of a gas water heater made by the company. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Masato Joshima (L) and his wife, Yukiko Joshima, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to a former president and a former official of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd. over the carbon monoxide poisoning death in 2005 of the couple's 18-year-old son, who used a gas water heater made by the company. (Kyodo)

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Smoking from the chimney

Smoking from the chimney on a house on January 5, 2019, in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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Smoking from the chimney

Smoking from the chimney on a house on January 5, 2019, in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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Smoking from the chimney

Smoking from the chimney on a house on January 5, 2019, in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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Smoking from the chimney

Smoking from the chimney on a house on January 5, 2019, in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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Smoking from the chimney

Smoking from the chimney on a house on January 6, 2019, in Mikolow, Silesia, Poland. Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka.

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Murder suspected over 2 bodies found in gutted car

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers and firefighters inspect a gutted minivan in which two charred bodies were found along with a charcoal stove on a street in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. The police initially suspected that the two had used the stove to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning but arrested a 37-year-old man the next day on suspicion of killing the two. (Kyodo)

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1 worker dead, 14 ill in CO leak at chemical plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Firefighters examine a chemical plant owned by Tokyo-based Teijin Chemicals Ltd. in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on July 9. Fifteen workers were sickened at the plant earlier in the day after carbon monoxide began leaking inside the facility. One worker later died. (Kyodo)