Police revealed the names of six of them on the night of the 18th in a fire that killed 24 people in a building in a downtown area of Kita-ku, Osaka on the 17th.
On the morning of the 17th, a fire broke out at the Psychosomatic Medicine Clinic "Workers' Nishi Umeda Heart and Body Clinic" on the 4th floor of an 8-story building in Sonezakishinchi, Kita-ku, Osaka, killing 24 people.
Police revealed the names of the six people whose identities had been confirmed so far on the night of the 18th.
The announcement was made by two men and four women aged 21 to 44, both of whom live in Osaka Prefecture.
On the other hand, police are scrutinizing the bodies of the deceased, and any person whose cause of death has been confirmed so far is considered to be carbon monoxide poisoning.
Police are investigating the fire on suspicion of murder and arson.
According to the investigators, it is believed that the man who ignited the fire was a 61-year-old man in Nishiyodogawa Ward, Osaka, who was being treated at a hospital and was in a serious condition.