Keigo's dream fulfilled as long-lost father wings in

       After months of waiting, Keigo Zato's dream came true yesterday when the boy was finally reunited with his longlost Japanese father.
       "I'm happy to see him. Tomorrow,I will take my dad to Siam Park City,"said the nine-year-old from Phichit.
       The Thai-Japanese boy had never met his father Katzumi Zato until yesterday. Originally, Mr Zato planned to fly to Thailand on Sept 5 but the visit was postponed.
       The boy was accompanied to Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday by his aunt Pattama Chatupit and interpreter Chaichana Sri-anucha.
       Although only his aunt had seen Mr Zato before, Keigo recognised his father as soon as he saw him. The boy ran straight to his dad, and the two exchanged hugs and kisses.
       The boy then handed his dad a toy soldier he had promised to give him when they chatted on the phone for the first time in May.
       Mr Zato fell on his knees and started crying. He could barely talk to the press, saying only that he was delighted to meet his son. He claimed he was too busy to visit last month and was sorry to have disappointed Keigo and broken the promise he made when he got in touch with his son through the Japanese embassy on May 22.
       His aunt said Keigo was so excited after being told on Thursday that his father would be arriving the next day.
       He barely slept on Thursday night and woke up very early for the trip from Phichit to Suvarnabhumi airport.
       Mrs Pattama said the boy will return to Phichit tomorrow evening because he has an exam on Monday.
       Keigo came under the media spotlight after a story was published about the boy who kept showing a photograph of the father he had never met to tourists visiting Wat Tha Luang in Phichit's Muang district and asked if they knew the man.
       The temple was where his parents had met and fallen in love.
       The boy started searching for his father after his Thai mother, Thipmontha, died in April. Before she died,she told her son to wait for his father at the temple."Wait for your father at Wat Tha Luang's ordination hall and then you'll see him."
       The boy now lives with his aunt and a paralysed grandfather.