Japanese woman, world's oldest person, dies at age 116

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This photo provided by the city of Ashiya shows Tomiko Itooka on her 116th birthday at the nursing home she lived in on May 23, 2024. © AP

TOKYO (AP) -- Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an official in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, said on Saturday. She was 116.

Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on Dec. 29 at a care home in the central Japanese city.

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