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  meanmutha at 11:33 AM JST - 7th January

  I often wonder about these.... strange headline, the places, victims and reporting. If you just glance at it, its all places and numbers.

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  dennis0bauer at 12:33 PM JST - 7th January

  they never say much about the cause

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  smithinjapan at 01:02 PM JST - 7th January

  The cause is almost always either smoking in bed (after drinking), or gas-stoves gone wild.

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  whitepocky at 01:07 PM JST - 7th January

  I was watching something just the other day, when an advertisement for checking your fire detectors came on. FYI, it was not a Japanese broadcast, obviously! Why is it, for all the gas/electric/kerosine heaters that are on constantly this time of year, there is very little public information about disaster prevention displayed in the mainstream media. If you tottle of to your local ward office/city hall you can get some info. on it, but you have to go out of your way to get hold of it. Shouldn't some sort of government agency be placing little reminders into the publics head about these and other issues. e.g. a drink driving campaign at the turn of the year. Is it not too much to ask, or should we get used to reading incidents like these every few weeks. Pull your socks up ojisans and get some work done.

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  Apsara at 01:24 PM JST - 7th January

  Well, the neighbourhood associations walk around with wooden clappers at this time of year calling out "Hi no yooooouuujin", so they could be said to be doing something, but I think you're right that more specific info is needed.

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  Triumvere at 04:53 PM JST - 7th January

  This is qhat you get for not building houses with central heating.

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  PepinGalarga at 05:51 PM JST - 7th January

  central heating?? what about insulation??? haha

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  Triumvere at 07:25 PM JST - 7th January

  Yeah. Gotta start with the basics. My house is freezing. Good thing I have my stockpile of kerosene handy...

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