A man burned the city hall with petrol bombs

Takarazuka City Hall

A 63-year-old jobless man at 9:40 am on July 12th burned Takarazuka City Hall throwing two petrol bombs at a reception desk.
600 staffs and citizens evacuated from the building and 5 were injured.
The man arrested deposed that he lost his temper for receiving the demand letter of property tax he has been defaulted.
The office cancelled all of its business on July 12th.


火炎瓶で市役所ロビーが炎に ５人けが　―NHKニュース
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20130712/t10015994841000.html


Man restrained on selling plaster casts of female genitalia

Yabusoba, the famous traditional soba restaurant was destroyed in a fire

11 yo boy plunged into a train in Osaka

A man with knife took 4 hostages at a Toyokawa Shinkin Bank

Two thunderbolts killed ladies at park in Osaka

Yabusoba, the famous traditional soba restaurant was destroyed in a fire

Kanda Yabusoba

At around 7:20PM on February 19th a fire broke out in Kanda, Tokyo destroying five buildings including Kanda Yabusoba.
The fire sight located approximately 500 metres southwest from Akihabara Station, was put out in two hours. The 40 people inside the traditional soba restaurant safely evacuated.
Yabusoba was established in 1880 in Meiji era. The architecture was built 90 years ago, the year of the Great Kantō earthquake, survived through World War II.

[Akihabara] Kanda Fire Station hires animated girl

Yokumi Kanda

Kanda Fire Station in Akihabara, Tokyo hired an animated girl character named Yokumi Kanda.
Designed by an artist Tsukasa Nagano, she will promote the fire department.


可愛すぎる！　神田消防署に萌えキャラ「神田よくみ」がデビュー！　―ASCII.jp
http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/742/742298/