Myojo 56 building fire
in Shinjuku-ku, JapanCategory: Attraction
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Japan, 〒160-0021 Tōkyō-to, Shinjuku-ku, Kabukichō, 1 Chome−18, ＣＯＣＯＣｈｉｃｋｅｎ＆Ｒｉｂｓ歌舞伎町店 Print route »
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The Myojo 56 building fire (明星56ビル火災, Myōjō Gojū-Roku Biru Kasai) began at about 01:00 local time on September 1, 2001 in the Myojo 56 building, located in the Kabukicho section of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
The fire, the fifth-deadliest in post-war Japanese history, claimed 44 lives and burned for five hours before being extinguished. In the aftermath of the incident, media coverage (which declined 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.
