Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka.
Born on Jan. 2, 1903, the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane, Tanaka was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living person.
She died of old age at a hospital in Fukuoka city, western Japan, on April 19, NHK said. During her life, she had been partial to chocolate and fizzy drinks.
Japan has a dwindling and rapidly aging population. As of September 2021, the country had 86,510 centenarians, and nine out of every 10 were women.
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