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GRENFELL TOWER

The covered remains of Grenfell Tower, in West London, are seen from the platform of a London Underground station on Wednesday, over seven years after a fire devastated the building and killed 72 people.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2024
Grenfell fire 'culmination of decades of failure,' U.K. inquiry finds
The head of the inquiry said the 72 deaths as a result of the fire were "all avoidable" and that the victims had been "badly failed."
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2020
Inquiry into London's deadly Grenfell fire begins asking who was to blame
A public inquiry into the 2017 fire at London's Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people, began to zero in Monday on how the densely populated social housing block was allowed to become a tinder box and who was to blame.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2018
U.K. police arrest six men over torching of Grenfell Tower effigy
British police have arrested six men after a video was posted on the internet that showed men mocking the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze by burning an effigy of the building as part of Guy Fawkes' Night celebrations.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2018
Britain bans high-rise combustible cladding in wake of deadly Grenfell Tower inferno
Britain announced on Sunday that it is banning the use of combustible materials on the outside of high-rise buildings in response to the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 71 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2017
Interim review of Grenfell Tower tragedy calls for 'culture change' in U.K. fire safety
An interim review into U.K. building regulations commissioned after the Grenfell Tower social housing block fire in London that killed 71 people in June, has called for a "culture change" in respect to fire safety.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2017
Dubai starts replacing skyscraper facades after series of fires
Dubai authorities have begun telling owners of high-rise buildings across the emirate to make the facades more resistant to fire, the government said on Saturday, after a string of skyscraper blazes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2017
Tower inferno shames Britain
The Grenfell Tower tragedy has not yet been played out and the political fallout should not be discounted.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2017
Why tower blocks are unfit for public housing
Countries that still house many of their poor in tower blocks need to work on moving them out into human-scale housing that can be maintained more efficiently.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda-Nissan megamerger in the works
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida (left), Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe (second from left) and Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, hold a news conference on merger talks on Monday in Tokyo.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Japan accuses Google of violating antimonopoly law
The Japanese antitrust watchdog said that Google forced smartphone makers to preinstall its search app on their devices, sources say.
Okinawa people stage rally against sexual assaults by U.S. servicemen
Sorane Sakihama, a 22-year-old college student, speaks at a rally in the city of Okinawa on Sunday protesting against sexual assaults by U.S. soldiers.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal energy potential?
Steam rises from a geothermal plan in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture. Despite its long history and potential, geothermal provided just 0.3% of Japan's overall energy mix in the fiscal year from April 2023
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
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