TOKYO — Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes.

Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Tanaka, who was born Jan. 2 ...

TOKYO — Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, has died at age 119, months short of her goal of reaching 120. Born on Jan. 2, 1903, Tanaka loved playing the ...

The woman recognized as the world's oldest living person has died at the age of 119, according to Guinness World Records. Kane Tanaka of Japan died on Tuesday, the record-keeping organization said ...

and the Japanese dessert zenzai. She had four children and adopted a fifth. Tanaka loved chocolate and soda. During a 2019 presentation ceremony to celebrate her being the oldest person alive ...

The oldest person in Japan has died at the age of 116 years old. Fusa Tatsumi died of old age on Dec. 12 at 9:25 a.m., according to local Japanese broadcaster MBS. The woman spent her last days at ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes.

TOKYO — A Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age 119, just months short of her goal of reaching 120. Born on Jan. 2, 1903, Tanaka loved playing the ...

The world's oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116, the city of Ashiya where she lived announced on Saturday. Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person, according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes.