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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

World's Oldest Person Dies in Japan at 119

Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, smiles as a nursing home celebrates three days after her 117th birthday in Fukuoka, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on January 5, 2020. KYODO VIA REUTERS

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

Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

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