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Japan’s Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.
Tanaka marked her birthday with a party on Sunday along with staff and friends at the nursing home, television footage from local broadcaster TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co showed.
Tanaka, whose birthday was on January 2, took a bite from a slice of her big birthday cake. “Tasty,” she said with a smile. “I want some more.”

Tanaka was last year confirmed as the oldest living person, aged 116 years 66 days old as of March 9, according to Guinness World Records.
Tanaka’s record age is symbolic of Japan’s fast-ageing population, which coupled with its falling birth rate is raising concerns about labour shortages and prospects for future economic growth.
The number of babies born in Japan fell an estimated 5.9 per cent last year to fewer than 900,000 for the first time since the government started compiling data in 1899, according to Japan’s welfare ministry.
Tanaka was born prematurely in 1903, the seventh among eight children, and married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, Guinness World Records said.
The couple had four children and adopted a fifth.
She is usually up by 6am and enjoys studying mathematics.
But Tanaka has a long way to go before she is the oldest person ever – an achievement of a French woman, Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to 122 years, according to Guinness World Records.
Japanese woman Kane Tanaka named oldest person at 116
Guinness said the world’s oldest man is still under investigation after the man who had the honours, Masazo Nonaka, living on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, died last January at 113.
Additional reporting by Associated Press


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Kane Tanaka, recognised as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records, smiles during her 117th birthday celebrations at a nursing home in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Photo: Kyodo

Kane Tanaka, recognized as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records, is pictured in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2020, as a nursing home celebrates three days after her 117th birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

116-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka celebrates during a ceremony to recognise her as the world's oldest person living and world's oldest woman living by the Guinness World Records in Fukuoka, Japan March 9, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.

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Kane Tanaka, who was born in 1903, was recognised by Guinness World Records last year as the oldest person in the world
But she has a long way to go before she is the oldest person ever – that was French woman Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to 122 years



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The world’s oldest person, Japan’s Kane Tanaka, celebrates 117th birthday

Kane Tanaka, who was born in 1903, was recognised by Guinness World Records last year as the oldest person in the world But she has a long way to go before she is the oldest person ever – that was French woman Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to 122 years

Kane Tanaka, who was born in 1903, was recognised by Guinness World Records last year as the oldest person in the world

But she has a long way to go before she is the oldest person ever – that was French woman Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to 122 years