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With no clear answers, it’s up to the wallet’s owner to choose what he wants to believe about the person who had it.
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Every other store in Tokyo Character Street is open, but Donguri Kyowakoku says it’s not time to shop.
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Thousands of flowers bloom in the west Tokyo mountains, but they all started from one man’s kind thoughts.
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