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Parents spreading mother leaf plant left behind by daughter killed in tsunami

BY SHUNICHI KAWABATA STAFF WRITER

2013/01/01

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photoTakahiro and Sayomi Shito look fondly upon the leaves they have raised from the mother leaf given to them by their daughter, Chisato. (Shunichi Kawabata)

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture -- Days before last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami, Chisato Shito gave her mother a final gift.

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