Born in 1908, she raised four children, ran a family textile factory during World War II, and remained an avid hiker into her 80s.

The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, died the night of Dec. 29. She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years and 220 days old.

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

Brazil nun named Inah Canabarro Lucas has become the world’s oldest person, as coined by the Guinness World Records, after the death of the previous title holder, Japan's Tomiko Itooka, in December. Lucas received this title for her age of 116 years 210 days. Lucas is not only the oldest person alive in this world but also the oldest nun and woman.

The Japanese woman became the oldest living person in August after the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera

World’s oldest person who climbed Japan’s Mount Ontake twice dies at 116 - Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavored Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on 23 May 1908

The world's oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116, the city of Ashiya where she lived announced on Saturday.

Tomiko Itooka, the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has sadly passed away at the age of 116 in Japan. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official responsible for elderly policies, confirmed that Itooka breathed her last on 29 December at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, in central Japan.

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