116-year old Japanese woman named world’s oldest person
By Reuters
11 March 2019 |
12:49 pm
116-year-old Japanese Kane Tanaka, recognized as the oldest person by the Guinness World Records on Saturday (March 9), finally achieved the dream she had since she was 100.
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