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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 28, 2024 at 13:06 JST
Flames erupt from the top of a condominium building in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 27. (Mayumi Ujioka)
Two people were killed in a fire that broke out at the residence of international political scientist Takashi Inoguchi in Tokyo on Nov. 27.
Inoguchi, 80, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, lives in the condominium unit of the six-story building with his wife, Kuniko, 72, an Upper House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and their two daughters.
Police said Kuniko, who was out for work when the fire started, and her younger daughter are safe, but they have been unable to reach Takashi and the eldest daughter, who is in her 30s.
According to investigators, security camera footage from the condominium entrance shows Takashi and his eldest daughter separately returning home around 5 p.m. on Nov. 27.
Police received an emergency call at 7:10 p.m. on Nov. 27, about a burning smell coming from the building in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward.
According to police, the fire started in Inoguchi’s home on the sixth floor.
One person was transported from the unit to a hospital and confirmed dead. Around 12:10 a.m. on Nov. 28, another person was found and confirmed dead at the scene.
The fire burned 150 square meters of the sixth floor of the building and was extinguished about nine hours later, at around 3:50 a.m.
The condominium is located in a residential area about 300 meters northwest of Tokyo Metro’s Korakuen Station.
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