Kane Tanaka was born in 1903, the year when the Wright brothers launched humanity's first powered flight (AFP Photo/JIJI PRESS) |
Tokyo (AFP) - A 116-year-old Japanese woman who still enjoys studying math and playing board games has been recognised as the world's oldest person, the Guinness World Records said Saturday.
Kane Tanaka
was born on 2 January 1903, the year when the Wright brothers launched
humanity's first powered flight, according to Guinness.
Tanaka's
recognition was celebrated at the nursing home where she lives in western
Japan's Fukuoka by city mayor Soichiro Takashima and other well-wishers.
Asked what
moment she was the most happy in life, she replied: "Now."
She married
Hideo Tanaka in 1922, giving birth to four children and adopting a fifth.
Kane
normally wakes each morning at 6 am and passes the afternoons by studying
mathematics and practicing calligraphy.
"One
of Kane's favourite pastimes is a game of Othello and she's become an expert at
the classic board game, often beating rest-home staff," Guinness said.
Japan has
one of the world's highest life expectancies and has been home to several
people recognised as among the oldest humans to have ever lived.
They
include Jiroemon Kimura, the longest-living man on record, who died soon after
his 116th birthday in June 2013.
The oldest
verified person ever -- Jeanne Louise Calment of France -- died in 1997 at the
age of 122, according to Guinness.
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