Nun serves as volunteer at Tokyo hospice

Nun serves as volunteer at Tokyo hospice

TOKYO, Japan - Jito Sasaki, a nun living in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, folds a piece of "origami" paper at a hospice in Tokyo in this file photo taken on July 19, 2014, where she serves as a volunteer for several days a month. She always listens to what patients and bereaved family members have to say.

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