It had entered the Guinness Book of Records. To hold the record before her, another Japanese, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at the age of 117
Kane Tanaka, the Japanese woman recognized as the oldest person in the world, died at the age of 119, just months before her goal of reaching 120. Born on January 2, 1903, she had four children. he used to get up at 6, enjoyed studying math, loved playing chess, had a penchant for chocolate and fizzy drinks.
She was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest living person in 2019, when she was 116 years old. Tanaka died of old age on April 19 in a hospital in Fukuoka, her hometown in southern Japan, where she spent her entire life, city officials said Tuesday.
To hold the record before her, another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at the age of 117.
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