The oldest person in the world celebrated his 119th birthday. This is the Japanese Kane Tanaka: her record was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records in March 2019, when the woman was 116 years old. Back then, he had celebrated with a bottle of Coca Cola, his favorite drink. The old woman confirmed her record when, in September 2020, she reached 117 years and 261 days, and her goal is to extend the record (at least) by another year, until she reaches 120 years.
Tanaka, che loves fizzy drinks and chocolate, celebrated his birthday in the nursing home where he lives. He says that, since he was about 112 years old, he has been on a diet of rice, fish and soups and drinks a lot of water. But she also loves sweets and drinks three cans a day of canned coffee and fizzy drinks every day. He says that its longevity secret is to sleep soundly.
The oldest person in the world was born – premature – in the prefecture of Fukuoka, in southwestern Japan, in 1903, just six months before George Orwell, and lived through five Japanese imperial kingdoms.
Women make up the vast majority of centenarians: according to the Japanese Ministry of Health, the people who have reached and exceeded 100 years are in all 86,510 (6060 more than the previous year), of which “only” 10,000 men. Life expectancy in Japan is very high: it reaches 87.74 years for women and 81.64 for men.
Passionate about puzzles and board games, Tanaka is the seventh of nine siblings. She married when she was 19 and worked in the family noodle shop since her husband and eldest son went to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War, which began in 1937. At 67, then, he started his own business, opening a flower shop.
The old woman is the third longest-lived person in history, after the French Jeanne Calment (1875-1997) and the American Sarah Knauss (1880-1999), and is among the 3 people who in the history of humanity have reached the 118 and 119 years old and between 10 and 117 years old.
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