[1][2][3][4][5] The business, called Cats, rented out 32 small rooms, which cost $15 a night (or ¥1500), according to the New York Times.

[8] The fire resulted in 15 of the people in the store to die, due to carbon monoxide poison, with an additional 10 others sustaining injuries.

[6] Of the 10 injured, one of the victims, Hirokatsu Igawa from Uda, Nara, died on the morning of 14 October, bringing the death count to 16.

[9] The perpetrator, Kazuhiro Ogawa, told police he started the fire after deciding to kill himself.

[13] In 2014, the Supreme court rejected Ogawa's appeal, judge Tomoyuki Yokota stated that Ogawa's actions caused "an extremely large number of casualties is serious, and the impact and anxiety on society is great" and that "There is no reason to consider the motives and circumstances behind the decision to commit suicide.