Kane Tanaka was born on 2 January 1903, the year when the Wright brothers launched humanity's first powered flight, according to the Guinness Book of World Records
Image: Tatuto Kaneko/PA Images Image: Tatuto Kaneko/PA Images A 116-YEAR-OLD Japanese woman who still enjoys studying maths and playing board games has been recognised as the world’s oldest person, the Guinness World Records said today.
Tanaka’s recognition was celebrated at the nursing home where she lives in western Japan’s Fukuoka by city mayor Soichiro Takashima and other well-wishers.She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, giving birth to four children and adopting a fifth. “One of Kane’s favourite pastimes is a game of Othello and she’s become an expert at the classic board game, often beating rest-home staff,” Guinness said.
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