The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Ituka, has died at the age of 116. She died on December 29 in a nursing home in Hyogo Prefecture. Japan’s Health Ministry confirmed her death on Saturday. Ituka was born on May 23, 1908 in Ashiya city in western Japan. She was the eldest of 3 siblings. Ituka was married at the age of 20. She has 4 children and 5 grandchildren. Ituka’s husband died in 1979. The cause of Ituka’s death was said to be old age. Guinness World Records recognized Ituka as the world’s oldest person in September 2024. In fact, in August last year, Maria Branyas of Spain died at the age of 117. On Ituka’s death, Ashiya Mayor Ryosuke Takashima (27) said – Ituka saw world wars and epidemics as well as changing technology in her lifetime. Her long life gave us hope and courage. She used to climb mountains even at the age of 80
Ituka’s family told in an interview last year that she loved to do long hikes. This was the secret of her long life. She used to go to the temple on the mountains even at the age of 80. Even at the age of 100, she did not need a stick to walk. In her childhood, she was a good volleyball player. According to a report of Guinness World Records, Ituka kept her hobby alive even after the age of 100. She climbed Mount Ontake twice even after the age of 70. Its height is 3,067 meters (10,062 feet). Now Canabarro of Brazil became the oldest person. After the death of Ituka, Inah Canabarro Lucas has become the oldest person in the world. Canabarro of Brazil is 116 years old. She was born 16 days after Ituka’s birth. The oldest woman in the world was Luzie Calment of France. Who breathed her 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 whose age is 100 years or more. More than 88 percent of them are women.
