TOKYO (Reuters) – A 119-year-old Japanese woman who was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest living person in Tokyo has died recently, the government said yesterday.
Kane Tanaka, 119, from Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest living person in 2019. According to the government, Kane Tanaka died on the 19th of this month. He was born in 1903. At the Guinness Book of World Records, Kane Tanaka was named the world’s oldest living person at the age of 116.
Meanwhile, in September 2020, he turned 117 years and 261 days old. Born the seventh child to his parents, he married at the age of 19. Tanaka has already stated that eating delicious food is the reason for her longevity. Following her death, 118-year-old Lucille Randon, an old woman living in France, has become the world’s oldest person.
Advertisement