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Kane Tanaka (田中 カ子, Tanaka Kane, née Ōta (太田); 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miyako on 22 July 2018.
Apr 27, 2022 · Kane Tanaka, who died in Japan this month, survived two world wars, the 1918 influenza outbreak, paratyphoid and two rounds of cancer. She loved chocolate and hated losing at board...
Apr 26, 2022 · Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Tanaka, who was born on January...
Apr 25, 2022 · A Japanese woman officially certified as the world's oldest person has died aged 119. Kane Tanaka was born in 1903, the same year as George Orwell, at a time when Japan was emerging as a global...
Apr 25, 2022 · Kane Tanaka, World’s Oldest Person, Dies at 119. According to her family, the Japanese supercentenarian had been hospitalized and discharged repeatedly in recent weeks
Apr 25, 2022 · Guinness World Records are saddened to hear that Kane Tanaka (Japan) passed away on 19 April 2022 at the age of 119. The news has been confirmed by Senior Gerontology Consultant Robert Young, who also helped confirm Kane’s record as the oldest person living and oldest person living (female) in 2019.
Apr 25, 2022 · Although she didn't quite make it to her goal of 120 years old, Kane Tanaka still lived long enough to become the world's oldest person — a title she held for the past three years, and attributed...
Jan 3, 2022 · Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living person, turned 119 years old on Sunday, according to a Twitter post published by her great-granddaughter, Junko Tanaka.
Apr 25, 2022 · Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman certified as the oldest person in the world, has died at the age of 119. Local officials said Tanaka died of old age in hospital in Fukuoka city, western Japan, on...
Apr 25, 2022 · Although she didn't quite make it to her goal of 120 years old, Kane Tanaka still lived long enough to become the world's oldest person — a title she held for the past three years, and attributed to family, sleep, hope and faith. Tanaka died last week at 119, Japanese authorities announced.
