Tomiko Itooka, who lived in a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in central Japan, died from natural causes on Dec. 29 ...

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Tomiko Itooka, the woman recognized as the world's oldest living person, has died in Japan at the age of 116. Itooka's death in late December was confirmed by Britain's Guinness World Records. This ...

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Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest living person, has died. She was 116. According to Guinness World ...

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