World’s oldest woman dies in Japan aged 119 | South China Morning Post

A Japanese woman recognised as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died aged 119, just months short of her 120th birthday. Tanaka died on April 19, 2022, at a hospital in Fukuoka, her hometown in southern Japan where she spent all of her life. The Guinness Book of Records recognised her as the oldest person …

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