World's Oldest Person Dies in Japan at Age 119

Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, died in Japan at the age of 119.

Tanaka was born in 1903 in Fukuoka, Japan, The Japan Times reported Monday.  Tanaka married Hideo Tanaka in 1922 and had five children with him, including one adopted child, per Guinness World Records.

The Guinness World Records recognized Tanaka in 2019 as the oldest person at 116-years-old, confirmed by Senior Gerontology Consultant Robert Young.