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Myojo 56 building fire

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The Myojo fire burned in the area located here.

Myojo 56 building fire

The Myojo 56 building fire (明星56ビル火災 Myōjō Gojū-Roku Biru Kasai) began in the Kabukicho section of Shinjuku, Tokyo at about 01:00 local time on September 1, 2001. The fire, the fifth-deadliest in post-war Japanese history,[1] claimed 44 lives and burned for five hours before being extinguished. In the aftermath of the incident, media coverage (which decayed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks) focused on the arrest and conviction of the property owners for criminal negligence and on the building’s putative ties to organized crime.

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