Itooka, who was born on 23 May 1908 in Osaka, has lived in a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, since 2019. Prior to this, she resided with her two daughters until the age of 110.

Japanese woman, 116, set to take title of oldest person the world. ... 1908, has been living at a nursing facility in Ashiya, a city in Hyōgo, Prefecture, Japan, for about five years.

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.

Japan’s centenarian population continues to tick steadily upward, rising by almost 3,000 year on year to reach 95,000, as of September 2024. ... who lives in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture.

According to Kyodo News, Itooka moved into a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo in 2019. While at the time she was still able to move independently, now she relies on a wheelchair.

1. Ishida Kensuke wins an election in the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, to become Japan’s youngest sitting mayor at the age of 27. (The second youngest, Mayor Takashima Ryōsuke of Ashiya ...

Itooka, who was born on 23 May 1908 in Osaka, has lived in a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, since 2019. Prior to this, she resided with her two daughters until the age of 110.