Setsuko Takamizawa is determined to prove that it is never too late to learn as she bids to conquer the English language before the Tokyo Olympics, having been prevented from learning what was considered the "enemy language" in her youth.
When Japan last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964, Takamizawa was too busy raising a family to go to any events or pay much attention.
Takamizawa, now a great-grandmother, will be 92 when the Olympics return to Tokyo in July next year and this time she wants to get as close to the action as possible.