{"id":351301,"date":"2025-01-04T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=351301"},"modified":"2025-01-04T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:11:54","slug":"worlds-oldest-person-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/04\/worlds-oldest-person-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest person dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>She died on December 29 at a nursing home where she resided since 2019<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Japanese woman, Tomiko Itooka, globally recognised as world\u2019s oldest person, has died, aged 116.<\/p>\n<p>Ashiya, the city where she lived, announced her death on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The southern city\u2019s mayor, Ryosuke Takashima, in a statement said Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren died on December 29 at a nursing home where she resided since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was born on May 23, 1908, in the commercial hub of Osaka, near Ashiya, four months before the Ford Model T was launched in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>She was recognised as the oldest person in the world after the August 2024 death of Spain\u2019s Maria Branyas Morera at age 117.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs Itooka gave us courage and hope through her long life. We thank her for it,\u201d Ashiya\u2019s mayor said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that Itooka, who was one of three siblings, lived through world wars and pandemics as well as technological breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the mayor\u2019s statement, in Itooka\u2019s older age, she enjoyed bananas and Calpis, a milky soft drink popular in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Women typically enjoy longevity in Japan, but the country is facing a worsening demographic crisis as its expanding elderly population leads to soaring medical and welfare costs, with a shrinking labour force to pay for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She died on December 29 at a nursing home where she resided since 2019 A Japanese woman, Tomiko Itooka, globally recognised as world\u2019s oldest person, has died, aged 116. Ashiya, the city where she lived, announced her death on Saturday. 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