World's oldest person

This photo provided by Ashiya City shows Tomiko Itooka, being celebrated for her 116th birthday at the nursing home she lives in Ashiya, western Japan, on 23 May 2024. Photo: Ashiya City via AP
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Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died

Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on 29 December 2024 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan

Peruvian Marcelino "Mashico" Abad smiles while celebrating his 124th birthday, as local authorities claim he might be the world's oldest ever person, in Huanuco, Peru April 5, 2024. Pension 65/Handout via Reuters
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124 candles? Peru stakes claim to world's oldest human, born in 1900

Sister Andre, née Lucile Randon, prays in a wheelchair, on the eve of her 117th birthday, in a care home in Toulon, southern France, in February 2021. © Nicolas Tucat, AFP
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France's Sister Andre now world's oldest known person

FILE PHOTO: Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, smiles as a nursing home celebrates three days after her 117th birthday in Fukuoka, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo January 5, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
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World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119