One of the last wishes of executed mass murderer Norio Nagayama has helped to link Japanese kids who refuse to go to school with working children in Peru.
Four-time killer Nagayama, who became a well-known writer while behind bars, made a will before his execution in August 1997 at the age of 48 to set up a fund using his book royalties to aid poor children around the world, enabling a Peruvian girl to visit Tokyo three years after his death.
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