Overview

• Fire broke out around 9:50 a.m. in a seven-story commercial building near Dōtonbori, mobilizing at least 33 fire engines and one helicopter.
• Two women reported smoke inhalation and one firefighter was injured as flames spread to an adjacent building.
• Officials are conducting searches for any trapped individuals and assessing structural damage before crews can fully contain the blaze.
• Nagano District Prosecutors indicted 47-year-old Yusuke Yaguchi for murder and attempted murder in the January JR Nagano Station attack after five months of forensic detention.
• Police re-arrested two high-profile suspects: Hirokazu Shiohara on attempted murder charges in the July Mito mass stabbing and a 26-year-old Osaka man on child pornography production charges.