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Tanaka Kane from Japan, currently the oldest man in the world, celebrated his 118th birthday. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, Tanaka rarely meets with her relatives, so the woman received congratulations on the holiday with a song performed by the staff of the former hospital, where she lives, reports the Japanese radio NHK.
An employee at the nursing home where Tanaka lives says the woman applauded after staff greeted her on her birthday.
Tanaka Kane is from the city of Fukuoka, in western Japan, and was born on January 2, 1903. She is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records not only for the oldest woman in the world, but also for the oldest living man. old.
The centennial loves chocolate, sodas, and exercises regularly. He says he plans to stay healthy until he’s 120.
The oldest woman in the world celebrates her 118th birthday https://t.co/JwNjqHGLbp
– NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) January 2, 2021
According to the Guinness Book of Records, French Jeanne Kalman holds the absolute record for life expectancy. On the day of his death, in August 1997, he was 122 years and 164 days old.
In the fall of last year, the Japanese authorities announced that the number of centenarians in the country exceeded 80,000 for the first time. Most of them, 88%, were women.
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