Public broadcaster NHK on Monday reported that the world’s oldest individual, Kane Tanaka, had handed away on the age of 119.
Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, smiles as a nursing dwelling celebrates three days after her 117th birthday in Fukuoka, Japan. (File Photo: Reuters)
A Japanese girl believed to have been the world’s oldest individual has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK mentioned on Monday, reporting the demise of Kane Tanaka.
Born on Jan. 2, 1903 – the 12 months of the Wright Brothers’ first managed flight of their motor-driven airplane – Tanaka was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 because the oldest dwelling individual.
She died of outdated age at a hospital in Fukuoka metropolis, western Japan, on April 19, NHK mentioned. During her life, she had been keen on chocolate and fizzy drinks, NHK mentioned.
Japan has a dwindling and quickly ageing inhabitants. As of final September, the nation had 86,510 centenarians, and 9 out of each 10 had been girls.
