109-yr-old Olympic torch

Nara — The oldest torch bearer in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay so far completed her section in a wheelchair in this west Japan city on April 12. Local resident Shigeko Kagawa, 109, continued practicing obstetrics and gynecology in the community into her 80s. She also worked at a hospital in the city of Osaka during World War II. She witnessed the city as a burned-out ruin after a U.S. air raid, and people's lives being snuffed out in an instant. On April 12, Kagawa carried the Olympic flame with the wish for "lasting world peace" in her heart.