Two Bodies Found in House Fire in Akita; Parents and Children Uncontactable (Kyodo News)

At around 7:00 a.m. on the 26th, a nearby resident called 119 to report that a house in Shimanokoshi, Towada Kemanai, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, was on fire. According to the Kazuno Police Station, the wooden one-story house was completely burned down, and two bodies were found inside and near the veranda. The residents, a woman in her 80s and her son in his 50s, have not been contacted, and the identities of the bodies are yet to be determi…