By TSUTOMU ISHIAI/ Deputy Managing Editor
October 30, 2019 at 15:55 JST
Sadako Ogata, far right, escorts then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to a commemorative event in Tokyo in October 2005 for volunteers working for the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Ogata and Michiko are both graduates of the University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo. (Pool)
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