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Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas has made new history by becoming the world’s oldest person. At the age of 116 years, she received the title by the Guinness World Records.

Inah Canabarro Lucas is now recognized as both the oldest living woman and the oldest living person after Tomiko Itooka's passing ...

Although Itooka died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 at the age of 116 at her nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, her death was not confirmed by LongeviQuest until Jan. 4. Itooka had held ...

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.

She died at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan, Guinness said in a news release, citing LongeviQuest, an organization that manages a database on the world’s oldest people.

TOKYO — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...