{"id":3255,"date":"2001-01-15T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2001-01-15T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:24:48","slug":"tokyo-japan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2001\/01\/15\/tokyo-japan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dieter&#8217;s Birthday Party 2001. Tokyo, Japan."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I flew out from Minneapolis on Saturday, 1\/13\/2001 to Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is Dieter&#8217;s 60th birthday. 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