Shigeko Kagawa becomes Japan’s oldest living person at 114

Kagawa is one of the oldest Olympic torchbearers. FILE PIC/AFP

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan's oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Kagawa graduated from medical school before World War II, served at a hospital in Osaka during the war, and later ran her family's clinic as an obstetrician and gynecologist. She retired at 86. At 109, she became one of the oldest torchbearers in Olympic history during the Tokyo 2021 torch relay.

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