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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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Sunao Yorozuya / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

Parents of slain Japanese teen prepare to pass gun control activism to next generation

Masaichi and Mieko Hattori speak to The Yomiuri Shimbun in Minato Ward, Nagoya. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Nearly 30 years have passed since the fatal shooting in the United States of 16-year-old Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori.

Hattori's parents Masaichi, 75, and Mieko, 74, have campaigned against gun violence since his death, and will hold a final lecture in Nagoya on Sunday, aiming to pass the baton of their activism to the next generation.

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