Kane Tanaka
Kane Tanaka | |
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田中カ子 | |
Oldest known living person (22 July 2018–19 April 2022) | |
Spouse |
Hideo Tanaka
(m. 1922; died 1993) |
Children | 5 |
Kane Tanaka (田中 カ子, Tanaka Kane, née Ōta (太田); 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022) was a Japanese
Personal life
Tanaka was born as Kane Ota (太田 カ子, Ōta Kane) on 2 January 1903 in the village of Wajiro (now part of Higashi-ku, Fukuoka), on the southern island of Kyushu,[7] the third daughter and seventh child of Kumayoshi and Kuma Ota.[8][9] Kane and her family said she was actually born on 26 December 1902 and that her parents delayed the process of filing the report for a week because they were not sure if she would survive[10] as she was born prematurely.[11]
Kane's early childhood was during the last years of the
Kane's husband was later drafted into the military, where he served from 1937 to 1939; one of her sons was captured towards the end of World War II as a military POW and was held captive in Siberia before being released and returning home in 1947.[17] After World War II, the couple continued working in the store, with Kane converting to Christianity under the ministry of pastors stationed by the United States military.[9][20] Retiring from working at their store at 63, Kane traveled to the United States in the 1970s to visit her relatives in California and Colorado.[7][21] Her husband died in 1993 at the age of 90 after 71 years of marriage.[9]
Kane lived in a
Health and longevity
Tanaka had several major illnesses and was infected with paratyphoid fever with her adopted daughter at the age of 35.[26] She underwent pancreatic cancer surgery at the age of 45.[26] In 2006, Tanaka was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and underwent surgery when she was 103 years old.[7] Her life and longevity were noted by her second son and his wife four years later when they published a book called In Good and Bad Times, 107 Years Old.[9] At the age of 114, she was interviewed by KBC in September 2017.[27] On 9 March 2019, Tanaka was officially presented with the "World's Oldest Living Person" and "World's Oldest Living Woman" titles by Guinness World Records, verifying her longevity claim.[18] On 19 September 2020, she broke the record of longest-lived Japanese person, as well as the third-oldest person in the world, after surpassing Nabi Tajima's age of 117 years, 260 days.[5] On 10 April 2022, she surpassed the lifespan of Sarah Knauss to become the second-oldest verified person.[28]
Tanaka had said that she wanted to live to the age of 120, crediting her faith in God, family, sleep, hope, eating good food and practicing mathematics for her longevity.[7][29] Her longevity, along with that of Jeanne Calment, has contributed to the debate that the maximum lifespan for humans could be 115–125 years.[4][30] After Tanaka's death, Frenchwoman Lucile Randon became the world's oldest validated living person.[31]
See also
- List of Japanese supercentenarians
- Oldest people
- Jiroemon Kimura, the longest-lived man ever
References
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- ^ a b "119歳 福岡市の田中カ子さん死去 ギネスで世界最高齢に認定". NHK News Web (in Japanese). 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ a b "World's oldest woman celebrates 118th birthday". NHK World-Japan. 2 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b "World's oldest person celebrates 119th birthday". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b "117-year-old granny sets new record as Japan's oldest ever person". Kyodo News+. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archivedfrom the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ a b Senda, Masakazu (9 March 2019). "World's oldest person confirmed as 116-year-old Kane Tanaka from Japan". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "最高齢田中さん117歳に 戦争、病越え5時代生きる". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 2 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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- ^ Hoda, Masashi (27 July 2018). 田中カ子さん115歳「-死ぬ気全然せんです」 [Japan's oldest woman, Kanako Tanaka, at 115: "I do not feel like dying at all"]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ a b "明治から生きる116歳描く夢 令和も「長生きしたい」". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 30 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ McCurry, Justin (3 January 2022). "World's oldest person celebrates 119th birthday in Japan nursing home". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Haq, Sana Noor; Jozuka, Emiko (3 January 2022). "World's oldest living person turns 119". CNN. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "5つ目の元号を迎える"歴史の生き証人"世界最高齢116歳田中カ子さん、願うのは「みんなが幸せな時代」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 26 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Wharton, Jane (2 January 2020). "The oldest person alive is celebrating her 117th birthday today by tucking into a bowl of strawberries and cream". Metro. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ a b Masakazu Senda (9 March 2019). "福岡在住の田中カ子さんが、116歳66日で世界最高齢としてギネス世界記録に認定" (in Japanese). Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "45歳ですい臓がん、103歳で大腸がんを克服! 世界最長寿・田中力子さん116歳". Daily Shincho (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Naoko Sakamoto (21 September 2020). "国内の歴代最高齢 117歳の田中カ子さん 記憶に焼きつく祈る姿". Christian Press (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ McIntosh, Linda (6 June 2016). "San Marcos couple celebrate aunt's 113th year". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Japan's oldest person Chiyo Miyako dies at 117". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: World's oldest person pulls out of torch relay". BBC News. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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- ^ Ives, Mike; Ueno, Hisako; Inoue, Makiko (27 April 2022). "Kane Tanaka, World's Oldest Person, Dies at 119 in Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-4-87035-380-0.
- ^ "元気に長生きする秘けつ" [The secret to a healthy long life] (in Japanese). KBC. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Rypke, Bakker (9 April 2022). "Kane Tanaka (119) sinds vandaag een-na-oudste mens ooit: waar ligt de grens?". NU.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ * Brennan, David (27 July 2018). "Who is the World's oldest Person? Chiyo Miyako Dies At 117, Passing Title To Kane Tanaka". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- Karimi, Faith (27 December 2020). "5 things the week ahead". CNN. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- "A Japanese Woman Kane Tanaka Is The Worlds Oldest Person". HOPCLEAR. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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- ISBN 978-1-953295-39-2. Archivedfrom the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "French nun Sister Andre, 118, claims title of world's oldest person". France24. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
External links
- 田中カ子 on Twitter(the account by her great-granddaughter)
- Telegraph Herald News in brief
- USA Today What countries have the longest life expectancies?
- San Francisco Chronicle News of the day from around the globe, July 27
- Las Vegas Review-Journal World's oldest person dies at 117, now 115-year-old is oldest