Twelve years ago, Ami Kifushi was a sixth-grader at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture when a knife-wielding intruder entered the premises, killed eight students and wounded several others.

Next month, Kifushi, 23, will graduate from Mie University with a bachelor's degree in education.

She will introduce the victims of the massacre during an event called "Inochi no Message Ten" ("Message of Life Exhibition"), which will be held in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, in March following her graduation.