May 17, 2025

2 in Critical Condition after Possible Gas Leak at ENEOS Refinery

Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Three people were taken to a hospital, with two of them in critical condition, after a possible gas leak occurred at an ENEOS Corp. oil refinery in the western Japan city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Saturday.

1,400 Photos Donated to Remember Horror of Aum Shinrikyo

Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Pref., May 17 (Jiji Press)--A 97-year-old man from central Japan has donated about 1,400 photos taken during his years of confronting the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

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