By KAHO MATSUDA/ Staff Writer
October 11, 2021 at 07:10 JST
Seiichi Murao holds his plane ticket for Japan Airlines Flight 121 in Minoo, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 14. The following Flight 123 crashed into a mountain ridge in Gunma Prefecture in August 1985, killing 520 passengers and crew members. (Kaho Matsuda)
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