The oldest individual on this planet, the Japanese Tomiko Itoka, has died on the age of 116, introduced as we speak the municipal authority of town of Ashiya (southern Japan), the place she lived.
Itoka, who had 4 youngsters and 5 grandchildren, died on December 29 on the nursing dwelling the place she had been dwelling since 2019, the Assiya municipality stated in a press launch.
Born on Could 23, 1908 in Osaka, not removed from Ashiya, she was acknowledged because the world's oldest individual after the dying in August 2024 of Spaniard Maria Branias Morera on the age of 117.
Tomiko “Itoka gave us braveness and hope all through her lengthy life,” commented Ashiya Mayor Ryosuke Takashima. “We thank her for that,” the 27-year-old official identified.
Coming from a household of three, a volleyball participant in her youth, Tomiko Itoka has seen wars, pandemics and technological revolutions.
In recent times, he has been keen on bananas and Calpis, a highly regarded drink in Japan based mostly on lactic fermentation, based on the municipality's press launch.
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