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“If a baby can scream on a flight, a cat should be able to meow,” one commenter wrote. On the other hand, another passenger countered, “No one should have to listen to an animal making noise ...

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Sales are heating up this year ahead of Cat Day on Feb. 22 — a date that can sound like “nyan nyan nyan” (“meow, meow, meow”) — as the cat economy in Japan continues to grow.