By EMI IWATA/ Staff Writer
January 4, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Kunisaburo Kobayashi and his wife, Kimiko, visit the National Police Agency in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district on April 16, 2012. They asked police to end the investigation into the death of their son, Satoru. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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