Tomiko Itooka, the world’s oldest particular person, dies at 116

Tomiko Itooka, acknowledged by Britain’s Guinness World Records because the world’s oldest particular person in September final 12 months, has died in western Japan, well being ministry and different officers mentioned Saturday. She was 116.

Itooka died of previous age at 9:03 p.m. Sunday in a nursing residence for the aged within the metropolis of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in line with the ministry and metropolis officers.

Itooka, born in May 1908, had been the oldest particular person in Japan since a girl within the metropolis of Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, a Hyogo neighbor, died at 116 in December 2023.