On the 17th, it will be one year since a clinic in Kita Ward, Osaka, was set on fire, killing 26 people involved.
Friends of the deceased visited the scene and offered flowers.
On December 17th last year, a psychosomatic medicine clinic in a building in Kita Ward, Osaka was set on fire, killing 26 people, including patients, doctors and staff involved.
Morio Tanimoto (61 years old at the time) also died in this incident, and was subsequently referred to the public prosecutor on suspicion of murder and arson, and was not prosecuted.
On the 17th, one year after the incident, in the rain, friends of the deceased and people who went to the clinic visited in front of the building where the incident occurred, offering flowers and drinks and putting their hands together. .
A 25-year-old man whose senior at a vocational school passed away said, "After the incident, I couldn't come to the scene, so I came to join hands. I told my senior, 'I came to see you.' I still can't believe I'm still getting a reply when I contact them.
A man in his 60s living in Suita City, Osaka, said, "I came to offer flowers so that the incident would not fade away in my mind. I think it's a shame that those who were aiming to reintegrate into society were sacrificed. I think it's hard for the bereaved family," he said.
Representative of support group "I want to do what I can to prevent weathering"
Yuichi Kawada, the representative of an organization that supports patients who attended the clinic, visited the site and put his hands together.
Ms. Kawada said, "One of the people we supported before the incident passed away, so we prayed for the repose of the soul. Some of the patients became ill as the day of the incident approached. There are many, and I feel that the impact of the incident is great.I would like to continue to support those people for a long time and do whatever I can to prevent the incident from fading."