World’s oldest person dies aged 119 in Japan: Woman born in 1903 who kept sharp solving maths problems passes away months after pandemic stopped her taking part in Olympic torch relay

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April 25, 2022

A Japanese woman certified the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday, Your Content has learned.

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Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southern Fukuoka region of Japan.

She was born in the same year the Wright brothers first flew their plane.

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Ms Tanaka married her husband Hideo a century ago and had four children.

She was officially recognised as the world’s oldest person in 2019,‘according to The Daily Advent.

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