TOKYO, Jan 5 (NNN-NHK) – Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman, recognised as the world’s oldest person, has died of old age in western Japan, according to local authorities.
Itooka died on Dec 29, in a nursing home for the elderly, in the city of Ashiya, where she resided, the city government in Hyogo Prefecture said, yesterday.
Born on May 23, 1908, Itooka became the oldest living person in Japan in Dec, 2023, following the death of Fusa Tatsumi, a 116-year-old in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, a Hyogo neighbour.
Itooka was subsequently recognised as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records in Sept, 2024, following the death of the previous holder, 117-year-old Maria Branyas in Spain.– NNN-NHK
