The health ministry has asked local governments across Japan to survey safety management at sauna facilities following a fatal accident in Tokyo last December.
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Japan to survey safety management at sauna facilities
The health ministry has requested that a total of 157 prefectural governments and municipalities with public health centers report survey results by the end of this month.
Tokyo police searched locations linked to a luxury sauna facility operator on Thursday on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in the deaths of two customers earlier this month.
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Tokyo police raid luxury sauna operator over customer deaths
On Dec. 15, a fire occurred in a private room at the sauna facility in Tokyo's Akasaka district, and the victims were found lying inside.
One week after two customers died in a fire in a private room at a luxury sauna facility in Tokyo, police are investigating the facility's operator for possible professional negligence resulting in death.
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