September 12, 2025 at 17:30 JST
Shigeko Kagawa carries the Olympic flame in her wheelchair during the torch relay as a torchbearer in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, in 2021. (Pool)
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older is projected to reach 99,763 as of Sept. 15, up 4,644 from a year earlier and a record for the 55th consecutive year, the health ministry announced on Sept. 12. [Read More]
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