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The name of Ituka, Japan was recorded in the Guinness World Records in September 2024.
The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itsuka, has died at the age of 116. He died on December 29 in a nursing home in Hyogo Prefecture. Japan’s Health Ministry confirmed his death on Saturday.
Itsuka was born on May 23, 1908 in Ashiya city in western Japan. She was the eldest among 3 siblings. Itsuka was married at the age of 20. He had 4 children and 5 grandchildren. Itsuka’s husband died in the year 1979.
Itsuka’s cause of death was said to be extreme age. Guinness World Records recognized Ituka as the world’s oldest person in September 2024. In fact, in August last year, Spain’s Maria Branyas died at the age of 117.
Ituka had completed 116 years in the month of May last year.
On Itsuka’s death, Ashiya Mayor Ryosuke Takashima (27) said –
Ituka experienced world wars and epidemics as well as changing technology during its lifetime. Also saw. His long life gave us hope and courage.
Used to climb mountains even at the age of 80 Itsuka’s family told in an interview last year that he liked to go on long hikes. This was the secret of his long life. Even at the age of 80, she used to go to the temple situated on the mountains. Even at the age of 100, he did not need a stick to walk. She was a good volleyball player in her childhood.
According to a report by Guinness World Records, Ituka kept his hobby alive even after the age of 100. Even after the age of 70, he climbed Mount Ontake twice. Its altitude is 3,067 meters (10,062 ft).
Now Brazil’s Canabaro becomes the oldest person
After Itsuka’s death, Inah Canabaro Lucas has now become the oldest person in the world. Canabaro of Brazil is 116 years old. He was born 16 days after Ituka was born.
Inah Cannabarro Lucas was born on 8 June 1908.
The oldest woman in the world has been France’s Luzie Calment. Who breathed his last at the age of 122. Luza died in August 1997.
According to the data till September 2024, there are more than 95 thousand people in Japan who are 100 years of age or older. Of these, more than 88 percent are women.
