The world’s oldest person, a resident of Japan, Kane Tanaka has passed away at the age of 119. Kane Tanaka was born in the same year as George Orwell, in 1903, at a time when Japan was establishing itself as a global force. The latter part of her life was at a nursing home in […]
Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, celebrated her 119th birthday at a nursing facility in Fukuoka, Japan. Tanaka, the world’s oldest person celebrated her birthday at the nursing home with staff and relatives, according to a TV video from local broadcaster TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co. Tanaka’s 62-year-old grandson, Eiji, expressed his wish for her that […]