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Published: 11:11, April 26, 2022
World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119
By Reuters
Published:11:11, April 26, 2022 By Reuters

Kane Tanaka, then 116-years-old, reacts after receiving a Guinness World Records certificate at a nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan on March 9, 2019. The Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person. Tanaka has died at age 119, just months short of her goal of reaching 120. (TAKUTO KANEKO / FILE / KYODO NEWS VIA AP)

TOKYO - A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka.

Born on Jan 2, 1903 - the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane - Tanaka was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living person.

She died of old age at a hospital in Fukuoka city, western Japan, on April 19, NHK said. During her life, she had been partial to chocolate and fizzy drinks, NHK said.

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Japan has a dwindling and rapidly ageing population. As of last September, the country had 86,510 centenarians, and nine out of every 10 were women.


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