Born on May 23, 1908 in Osaka, Tomiko Itooka She was considered by Guinness to be the oldest person in the world after Spanish Maria Branyas Morera died at the age of 117 in August last year.
The oldest person in the world, Japanese Tomiko Itooka, died at the age of 116, the mayor of Ashiya, the city where she lived in a nursing home, announced this Saturday.
Tomiko Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren, died on December 29 in the nursing home where she had lived since 2019, said the mayor of Ashiya, in Hyogo Prefecture, in central Japan.
The funeral was held in the presence of family and friends.
Born on May 23, 1908 in Osaka, the Japanese the oldest person in the world after in August last year the Spanish Maria Branyas Morera died at the age of 117.
“Ms. Itooka gave us courage and hope throughout her long life,” said Ashiya Mayor Ryosuke Takashima.
Born into a family of three children and a volleyball player in her youth, Itooka lived through wars, pandemics and technological revolutions.
He married at age 20 and had two daughters and two sons, according to Guinness.
During World War II, Itooka managed the office of her husband’s textile factory and lived alone in Nara after his death in 1979.
According to the Gerontology Research Group, the oldest person in the world is now the Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, aged 116, who was born 16 days after Itooka.
