This photo taken September 13, 2020 shows general manager Minako Hirayama talking with client Yui Kato (not pictured) about the treatment for her stuffed toy sheep Yuki-chan at Natsumi Clinic in Tokyo. — AFP pic

TOKYO, Nov 5 — At a Tokyo clinic, a woman in a white coat carefully records the particulars of the newest patient: a sheep-shaped stuffed toy.