Pediatric cancer, heart disease, immunodeficiency… Statistics show there are over 20,000 children in Japan who are battling severe illnesses.
Children’s hospices are facilities where children with lengthy hospitalizations can get together with their siblings and parents.
How do the children spend their time there and take back their natural childlike qualities? Japan’s first private children’s hospice, established in Osaka in spring 2016, has sown seeds that show promise of flowers blooming in places around the nation.（Aired in 2022)
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