The oldest person in Japan and the oldest person in the world, Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116, Kyodo reported.
Itooka died on December 29 of natural causes. She received the title of the oldest person in the world in December 2023 after the death of 116-year-old Fusa Tatsumi, also a resident of Japan.
The Guinness Book of Records officially awarded her the status of the oldest person in September 2024. Now the oldest person in the world has become 116-year-old resident of Brazil Ina Canaboro Lucas.