On Saturday, Kane Tanaka of Fukuoka City, Japan is a 116-year-old woman who still enjoys studying math and playing board games. On Saturday, she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person. As reported by Guinness, Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, the same year when the Wright Brothers invented the world’s first ever airplane.
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It is to be noted that tanaka currently lives in a nursing home in Fukuoka and her recognition was celebrated by her well-wishers and city mayor Soichiro Takashima, reported AFP. She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922 and has mothered five children. However, Unlike other elderly women in Japan, Tanaka is still enthusiastic about studying mathematics and calligraphy at the age of 116. She even indulges in board games with her family members and nursing home attendants. "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 World Records was quoted by AFP.
It is to be noted that Japan has been home to several people recognised as among the oldest humans to have ever lived with its high life expectancy rate. Masazo Nonaka, the world's oldest man, died at his home in northern Japan at the age of 113 in January. The supercentenarian, whose family has run a hot springs inn for four generations, was certified by Guinness World Records in April 2018 as the world's oldest living man at 112 years and 259 days. Born on July 25, 1905, Nonaka grew up in a large family and succeeded his parents running the inn.
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Apart from Nonaka and Tanaka, Jiroemon Kimura was the longest-living man on record. He died in June 2013 after celebrating his 116th birthday.