A Japanese woman recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 116.
Tomiko Itoka died at a nursing home in Ashiya City, Hugo Prefecture, according to authorities.
In August 2024, she became the world’s oldest person after Maria Branias Moreira of Spain died at the age of 117.
“Ms. Ituka gave us courage and hope through her long life,” Ryosuke Takashima, the 27-year-old mayor of Asia, said in a statement.
“We thank him for that.”
Ms Etuca was born in May 1908 – six years before World War I and the same year the Ford Model T car was launched in America.
He was confirmed as the world’s oldest person in September 2024 and was presented with an official GWR certificate on Respect Day, an annual Japanese public holiday honoring the country’s senior citizens. .
Ms Etoka, one of three siblings, lived through world wars and epidemics as well as technological breakthroughs.
As a student, he played volleyball and summited the 3,067 m (10,062 ft) Mount Ontake twice.
According to Meyer’s account, in his old age, he enjoyed bananas and kelpase, a milky soft drink popular in Japan.
He married at age 20, and had two daughters and two sons, according to Guinness.
During World War II, she managed the office of her husband’s textile factory. After the death of her husband in 1979, she lived alone in Nara.
He is survived by a son and a daughter and five grandchildren. According to officials, the funeral was held with family and friends.
As of September, Japan counted more than 95,000 people who were 100 or older — 88% of whom were women.
About a third of the country’s 124 million people are 65 or older.
Brazilian nun Ana Canabaro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Atuca and is 116 years old, is now believed to be the world’s oldest person.