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By Moe Hamada / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

12:17 JST, March 2, 2026

On the flight back to Japan from the United States, Mieko Hattori, then 44, realized she was the only one awake in the dim light. Suddenly, she felt that she heard a voice say, “Stop crying and do something instead.” For Mieko, it sounded like the voice of her son Yoshihiro, who died at the age of 1...

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