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Firefighter gets 13 years for arson.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 03-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, Nov. 27 Kyodo

The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced a firefighter to 13 years in prison for setting fires in buildings in order to put them out.

Kazuji Kawashima, 29, who was a community firefighter in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, ''committed the crimes to vent frustration...



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