January 1989. Japan is appalled by the kidnapping for ransom and subsequent murder of a seven-year-old girl named Shoko Amemiya. The police are lost trying to find the criminals, but just a few days later, Emperor Hirohito dies in his 64th year. The nation is plunged into epic mourning, which is why the case of a dead first-grader gradually fades into the background, and then disappears altogether in the wilds of the repository of unsolved crimes. 2002. Thirteen years ago, Yoshinobu Mikami was among
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