The records authority officially recognises Kane Tanaka — who was born in January 1903 — as the world's oldest living person, following the death of her 117-year-old compatriot Chiyo Miyako last year.
A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person.
The previous oldest living person died in July 2018, aged 117The global authority on records officially recognised Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan's south-west.
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