116-year-old Tomiko Itooka, the oldest person in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records, has died of old age. This was reported on Saturday by an official of the western Japanese city of Asiya, where she lived, UNN writes with reference to Kyodo News.
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Tomiko Itooka died in the nursing home where she lived, according to the city authorities of Hyogo Prefecture.
Itoka was born on May 23, 1908 in Osaka. She was the oldest of three siblings.
Tomiko became the oldest living person in Japan in December 2023 after the death of 116-year-old Fusa Tatsumi in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture. Subsequently, in September 2024, she was recognized as the oldest living person in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records after the death of the previous record holder, 117-year-old Maria Branias Morera from Olot, Catalonia, Spain.
