{"id":207714,"date":"2025-01-04T12:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/worlds-oldest-person-dies-tomiko-itooka-dies-at-116\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:50:44","slug":"worlds-oldest-person-dies-tomiko-itooka-dies-at-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/worlds-oldest-person-dies-tomiko-itooka-dies-at-116\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s oldest person dies Tomiko Itooka dies at 116"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world’s oldest person has died at the age of 116, Guinness World Records has said.<\/p>\n

Tomiko Itooka died on 29 December at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan<\/a><\/strong>, according to staff.<\/p>\n

A funeral service was held with family and friends.<\/p>\n

Ms Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavoured Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on 23 May 1908.<\/p>\n

She was recognised as the oldest person last year following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas<\/a><\/strong>, according to the Gerontology Research Group.<\/p>\n

When told she was at the top of the World Supercentenarian Rankings List, Ms Itooka replied: “Thank you.”<\/p>\n

On her birthday last year, she received flowers, a cake and a card from the mayor.<\/p>\n

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Born in Osaka, Ms Itooka was a volleyball player in high school, and long had a reputation for a sprightly spirit, officials said.<\/p>\n

She climbed the 10,062ft Mount Ontake twice.<\/p>\n

Read more from Sky News:
Oldest living Olympic medallist dies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Guinness World Records, she married at 20 and had two daughters and two sons.<\/p>\n

Ms Itooka managed the office of her husband’s textile factory during the Second World War and lived alone in Nara after he died in 1979.<\/p>\n

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She is survived by one son and one daughter, and five grandchildren.<\/p>\n

According to the Gerontology Research Group, the world’s oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Ms Itooka.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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