The oldest person in the world dies in Japan

The JapaneseKane Tanaka, registered in Guinness Records as the oldest woman in the world, died at 119 years old.

Tanaka, who was born on January 2, 1903, died on April 19, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

In March 2019 theGuinness World Records They recognized Tanaka as the oldest living person in the world, after the death in 2018 of Chiyo Miyako, another Japanese who had reached the age of 117.

From the Twitter profile of the records, they mourned the death of the elderly woman.

According to family statements, the grandmother had been sick recently and hospitalized on several occasions.

In more than a century of life, Tanaka witnessed two World Wars, the arrival of man in space, the development of Japan as a great economic power and the advance of communications from the early years of cinema, radio, television to Internet.

He also lived through two of the greatest pandemics that have afflicted humanity: the Spanish flu and COVID-19, and defeated cancer twice.

Her grandson said about her in statements toCNN that he doesn't remember her “talking a lot about the past. "He's very forward-thinking, he really enjoys living in the present."

Tanaka “had four children with the owner of a rice store whom she married at the age of 19 and worked in the family store until she was 103. She has five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren,” the same media added.

“He lived in a nursing home, where he enjoyed board games, solving mathematical problems, soft drinks and chocolate,” the Spanish newspaper detailed.ABC.

Last January Kane Tanaka turned 119 years old.

After his death, the governor of his town, Seitaro Hattori, said in a statement that “he was looking forward to seeing Kane on this year's Respect for Elders Day (a national holiday in September) and celebrating together with his favorite soft drink and chocolate. . “I am extremely saddened by the news.”

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan revealed that in 2021 the Asian country registered more than 80,000 centenarians, while in 2020 one in 1,565 people were over 100 years old and more than 88% were women, it citedCNN.