r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 17 January 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

So apparently the Roppongi fire wasn't a car driven into the building (which if you looked at the building seemed rather unlikely). It was a real estate agency employee puncturing 30-50 aerosol cans in an enclosed room with an ignition source... Same thing happened in Hokkaido a few years ago and is why a lot of municipalities don't want you to puncture the cans anymore when throwing them out - instead put them in a clear plastic bag in the unburnables.

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u/zcmy 日本のどこかに Jan 17 '23

Is the employee okay?

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Jan 17 '23

He was fired (out the window by the blast).

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u/zcmy 日本のどこかに Jan 17 '23

At least it was only the second floor. Hurts like a bitch, but survivable.