Tokyo — When Akino Imanaka attended her junior high school graduation earlier this month, the whole community turned out to celebrate. It wasn't just that Imanaka had ranked at the top of her class — ...

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FILE PHOTO: Former classmates discuss plans for their delayed school trip, after the coming-of-age ceremony in Motosu, Gifu prefecture, on Jan 11. - The Japan News/ANN MOTOSU, Gifu: Former students of ...