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Three found dead in Kanagawa fire

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Three people, believed to be a couple in their 80s and their son, died in a residential fire in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, police said Monday. Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Tue, Dec 18 2007

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