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In Japan, a Year for Poignant Memories

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Jan 21, 2015
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One Monday morning in 1995, Kazumashita Takahashi , an assistant station master on the Chiyodu Subway line in central Tokyo, was on duty when the 8:10 train pulled in. Many of the passengers were civil servants, whose offices were in the nearby Kasumigaseki government district next to the Imperial palace.

Before the doors slammed shut Takahashi noticed s…

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