The oldest person in Japan, 115-year-old Okagi Hayashi of Toki, Gifu Prefecture, still has a good appetite, and at a Christmas party held la

Tomiko Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in central Japan - and was recognised as the oldest person last year following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, central Japan.

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

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 116, an Ashiya city official said Saturday.