The world’s oldest person dies at the age of 116

Tomiko Itoka, a Japanese woman who has become the world’s oldest person, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Guinness Book of World RecordsHe died, an Ashiya city official said on Saturday. She was 116 years old.

Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policy, said Itoka died on December 29 at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture. Central Japan.

Itoka, who loved bananas and a Japanese yogurt-flavored drink called kalebis, was born on May 23, 1908. She became Oldest person last year after the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

Tomiko Itoka celebrates her 116th birthday at the nursing home where she lives in Ashiya, Japan, May 23, 2024. (Asia City via AP)

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When told she was at the top of the world’s rankings of super-centenarians, she simply replied: “Thank you.”

When Ituka celebrated her birthday last year, she received flowers, a cake and a card from the city’s mayor.

Itoka, who was born in Osaka, was a high school volleyball player who had long been known for his energetic spirit, Nagata said. She has climbed the 3,067 m (10,062 ft) Mount Ontake twice.

Tomiko Itoka celebrates her 116th birthday at the nursing home where she lives in Ashiya, Japan, May 23, 2024. (Asia City via AP)

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She married when she was twenty years old and gave birth to two daughters and two sons, according to Guinness.

Itoka ran her husband’s textile factory office during World War II. She lived alone in Nara after her husband died in 1979.

She is survived by one son, one daughter and five grandchildren. A funeral service was held with family and friends, according to Nagata.

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According to the Gerontology Research Group, the world’s oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Ina Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Ituka.