The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Security announced that a 114 -year -old retirement doctor, Shigeko Kagawa, from Nara’s prefecture, or in Central Japan, became the oldest living person in the Asian nation after Miyoko Hiroyas, who was also the same age before Monday 20 August 2025.
Who is Shigeko Kagawa?
Shigeko Kagawa is a obstetrician and a professional gynecologist, who also served as a doctor in Osaka hospital in Osaka just after graduation at the Faculty of Medicine.
After Kagawa, at the age of 86, served the people of the nation as a doctor, left the clinic of her family and still serves as a symbol of extraordinary longevity in terms of age.
At the age of 109, she also became one of the oldest Olympic torches in the history of games during the Tokyo torch 2021, the press agency reported.
When the local news portal asked her about the secrets of her long rescue rope, Kagaw in 2023 said Tos News that: “I have no … I just play every day. My energy is my greatest benefit. I go there and do what I want. I’m free and independent.”
Who was the oldest Japanese person in front of Kagawa?
Before Kagawa took over the title of the oldest living person in Japan, Miyoko Hiroyas held a title that died at a young age of 114 years. She was born in 1911 and was a student of art in Tokyo in Hiroshima. According to Hiroyas news agency report, he also successfully raised three children.
Kagawa and Hiroyas share one thing in common: their similarly active lifestyle. Hiroyas died in a nursing home in Japan’s prefecture, where she spent the last days reading newspapers, playing card games and sketching.
“I am grateful for being healthy,” Hiroyas told her 113. Birthday, the press agency reported.
Japanese population problem
Japan faces a population crisis with the overall population over the years, while the older population in the nation continues to grow.
According to an agency report, from September 1, 2024, Japan had a total population of 36 million people, of which 29% were more than older, which meant the highest population of seniors in the world.
The Japanese Ministry of the Interior and Communication said that people aged 80 or older now account for up to 10% of the nation’s population, which, according to a report, has more than 95,000 moans or people who are 100 years or older.
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