An 88-year-old woman working as a visiting researcher at a university in Kyoto was conferred a doctorate on Saturday, making her the oldest person to earn such a degree, according to the institution.
"I'm full of emotion. I'm honored," Kiyoko Ozeki told reporters ahead of the graduation ceremony at Ritsumeikan University. While Ozeki, a Nagoya resident, did not enroll in the university's graduate program, her thesis helped her earn the degree.
Ozeki, who served as assistant professor at the women's junior college of Tokai Gakuen University until 1995 and is now a professor emeritus at the same institution, has been researching for more than 30 years the cultural aspects of cloth during ancient Japan's Jomon Period.
