List of Japanese supercentenarians

These are lists of Japanese supercentenarians (people from Japan who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates their ages, has verified age claims for over 300 such old people from Japan. The oldest Japanese person on record was Misao Okawa (1898-2015), who died at the age of 117 years 27 days.^[1] The oldest living person on record in Japan is Nabi Tajima, born on 4 August 1900 and aged 115 years, 277 days. As of 7 May 2016, there are 22 verified living supercentenarians in Japan.^[1]

Living Japanese supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 7 May 2016	Prefecture of birth	Prefecture of residence
1	Nabi Tajima[1]	F	4 August 1900	115 years, 277 days	Kagoshima	Kagoshima
2	Chiyo Miyako[1]	F	2 May 1901	115 years, 5 days	(unknown)	Kanagawa
3	Mitsue Toyoda[1]	F	15 February 1902	114 years, 82 days	(unknown)	Ōita
4	Yukie Hino[1]	F	17 April 1902	114 years, 20 days	(unknown)	Niigata
5	Kane Tanaka[1]	F	2 January 1903	113 years, 126 days	(unknown)	Fukuoka
6	Iso Nakamura[1]	F	23 April 1903	113 years, 14 days	Ishikawa	Ishikawa
7	Tae Ito[1]	F	11 July 1903	112 years, 301 days	(unknown)	Iwate
8	Shizue Nagata[1][2]	F	25 July 1903	112 years, 287 days	(unknown)	Kumamoto
9	Hatsuno Goto[1]	F	1 September 1903	112 years, 249 days	Niigata	Tokyo
10	Tane Shimada[1]	F	25 September 1903	112 years, 225 days	(unknown)	Saitama
11	Anonymous[1][3]	F	12 January 1904	112 years, 116 days	(unknown)	Chiba
12	Mumeno Sakurai[1][4][5]	F	7 February 1904	112 years, 90 days	(unknown)	Gunma
13	Kuma Kobayashi[1][6][7]	F	8 February 1904	112 years, 89 days	(unknown)	Aichi
14	Tomoe Iwata[1]	F	25 March 1904	112 years, 43 days	(unknown)	Iwate
15	Shin Matsushita[1]	F	30 March 1904	112 years, 38 days	(unknown)	Miyagi
16	Nugi Ikeda[1]	F	1 April 1904	112 years, 36 days	Nagasaki	Saga
17	Yoshiyo Bessho[1]	F	1 April 1904	112 years, 36 days	(unknown)	Okayama
18	Take Tanaka[1][8]	F	21 April 1904	112 years, 16 days	(unknown)	Osaka
19	Tsuya Hayashi[1][9]	F	26 April 1904	112 years, 11 days	(unknown)	Toyama
20	Tane Yonekura[1]	F	2 May 1904	112 years, 5 days	(unknown)	Kagoshima
21	Mumeno Shirai[1][10][11]	F	19 May 1904	111 years, 354 days	(unknown)	Kagawa
22	Masamitsu Yoshida[12]	M	30 May 1904	111 years, 343 days	Tokyo	Tokyo
23	Katsue Hiraishi[1]	F	9 June 1904	111 years, 333 days	(unknown)	Tokushima
24	Tomo Sato[13]	F	6 September 1904	111 years, 244 days	(unknown)	Iwate
25	Hisa Arai[14][15]	F	10 September 1904	111 years, 240 days	(unknown)	Gifu
26	Tetsu Ishii[16]	F	15 September 1904	111 years, 235 days	(unknown)	Aomori
27	Asaki Miyagi[17]	M	15 November 1904	111 years, 174 days	(unknown)	Okinawa
28	Kuni Onose[18]	F	31 December 1904	111 years, 128 days	(unknown)	Ibaraki
29	Shigeyo Nakachi[19]	F	1 February 1905	111 years, 96 days	(unknown)	Saga
30	Etsu Nishiura[20][21]	F	19 February 1905	111 years, 78 days	(unknown)	Osaka
31	Satoru Tomizawa[3]	M	10 March 1905	111 years, 58 days	(unknown)	Chiba
32	Teru Hatakeyama[22]	F	20 July 1905[23]	110 years, 292 days	(unknown)	Hokkaidō
33	Masazou Nonaka[24]	M	25 July 1905	110 years, 287 days	Hokkaidō[25]	Hokkaidō
34	Tsukimi Kishi[26]	F	31 August 1905	110 years, 250 days	(unknown)	Tochigi
35	Sahae Kawabata[27]	F	3 September 1905	110 years, 247 days	(unknown)	Ehime
36	Toichi Sasaki[28]	M	4 September 1905	110 years, 246 days	(unknown)	Miyagi
37	Mumenno Ito[29]	F	7 October 1905	110 years, 213 days	(unknown)	Yamagata
38	Kiku Morita	F	20 October 1905	110 years, 200 days	(unknown)	Kyoto
39	Kimi Asanuma[30]	F	3 November 1905	110 years, 186 days	(unknown)	Tokyo
40	Mina Kitagawa[31]	F	3 November 1905	110 years, 186 days	(unknown)	Shiga
41	Misao Ueki[31]	F	7 November 1905	110 years, 182 days	(unknown)	Shiga
42	Tsuya Kameda[32]	F	24 November 1905	110 years, 165 days	(unknown)	Mie

100 oldest Japanese people

Below is a list of 100 supercentenarians who were born in Japan and are living in or have died in Japan. Entries for people who are living are rendered in italics.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age ^[†]	Prefecture of birth	Prefecture of death
1	Misao Okawa[1]	F	5 March 1898	1 April 2015	117 years, 27 days	Osaka	Osaka
2	Tane Ikai[33]	F	18 January 1879	12 July 1995	116 years, 175 days	Aichi	Aichi
3	Jiroemon Kimura[1]	M	19 April 1897	12 June 2013	116 years, 54 days	Kyoto	Kyoto
4	Nabi Tajima[1]	F	4 August 1900	Living	115 years, 277 days	Kagoshima	Living in Kagoshima
5	Anonymous[1][34]	F	15 March 1900	27 September 2015	115 years, 196 days	(unknown)	Tokyo
6	Koto Okubo[35]	F	24 December 1897	12 January 2013	115 years, 19 days	Tokyo	Kanagawa
7	Chiyono Hasegawa[36]	F	20 November 1896	2 December 2011	115 years, 12 days	Saga	Saga
8	Chiyo Miyako[1]	F	2 May 1901	Living	115 years, 5 days	(unknown)	Living in Kanagawa
9	Kama Chinen[37]	F	10 May 1895	2 May 2010	114 years, 357 days	Okinawa	Okinawa
10	Kiyoko Ishiguro[1]	F	4 March 1901	5 December 2015	114 years, 276 days	(unknown)	Kanagawa
11	Hide Ohira[33]	F	15 September 1880	9 May 1995	114 years, 236 days	Wakayama	Wakayama
12	Yone Minagawa[38]	F	4 January 1893	13 August 2007	114 years, 221 days	Fukuoka	Fukuoka
13	Ura Koyama[33]	F	30 August 1890	5 April 2005	114 years, 218 days	Hiroshima	Fukuoka
14	Tase Matsunaga[33]	F	11 May 1884	18 November 1998	114 years, 191 days	Niigata	Tokyo
15	Yukichi Chuganji[33]	M	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Fukuoka	Fukuoka
16	Kame Nakamura[39]	F	8 March 1898	12 September 2012	114 years, 188 days	Okinawa	Okinawa
17	Mitoyo Kawate[33]	F	15 May 1889	13 November 2003	114 years, 182 days	Hiroshima	Hiroshima
18	Toshie Yorimitsu	F	30 September 1901	28 February 2016	114 years, 151 days	Kōchi	Okinawa
19	Chiyo Shiraishi[33]	F	6 August 1895	19 November 2009	114 years, 105 days	Fukushima	Ibaraki
20	Asa Takii[33]	F	28 April 1884	31 July 1998	114 years, 94 days	Hiroshima	Hiroshima
21	Waka Shirahama[33]	F	23 March 1878	16 June 1992	114 years, 85 days	Kagoshima	Miyazaki
22	Mitsue Toyoda[1]	F	15 February 1902	Living	114 years, 82 days	(unknown)	Living in Ōita
23	Suekiku Miyanaga[33]	F	7 April 1884	20 June 1998	114 years, 74 days	(unknown)	Kagoshima
24	Shige Hirooka[36]	F	16 January 1897	29 March 2011	114 years, 72 days	(unknown)	Osaka
25	Yukie Hino[1]	F	17 April 1902	Living	114 years, 20 days	(unknown)	Living in Niigata
26	Hatsue Ono[39]	F	31 October 1898	17 October 2012	113 years, 352 days	Iwate	Hokkaidō
27	Yasu Akino[33]	F	1 March 1885	12 February 1999	113 years, 348 days	(unknown)	Shizuoka
28	Tsuneyo Toyonaga[40]	F	21 May 1894	22 February 2008	113 years, 277 days	(unknown)	Kōchi
29	Tomoji Tanabe[41]	M	18 September 1895	19 June 2009	113 years, 274 days	Miyazaki	Miyazaki
30	Mitsue Nagasaki[1]	F	18 September 1899	17 June 2013	113 years, 272 days	Kumamoto	Hiroshima
31	Shitsu Nakano[38]	F	1 January 1894	19 August 2007	113 years, 230 days	Fukuoka	Fukuoka
32	Masa Iseri[1]	F	19 September 1902	5 March 2016	113 years, 168 days	(unknown)	Kumamoto
33	Koito Furukawa[1]	F	8 May 1901	11 October 2014	113 years, 156 days	(unknown)	Tokushima
34	Yoshino Tanaka[1]	F	3 March 1900	30 July 2013	113 years, 149 days	Okinawa	Nagasaki
35	Terue Ashida[1]	F	20 September 1899	15 February 2013	113 years, 148 days	Hyōgo	Hyōgo
36	Komiya Miyazaki[36]	F	20 August 1897	4 January 2011	113 years, 137 days	(unknown)	Hiroshima
37	Mise Ito[33]	F	6 November 1890	18 March 2004	113 years, 133 days	(unknown)	Shizuoka
38	Jun Kitamasu[1]	F	2 March 1900	11 July 2013	113 years, 131 days	(unknown)	Hiroshima
39	Kane Tanaka[1]	F	2 January 1903	Living	113 years, 126 days	(unknown)	Living in Fukuoka
40	Kaku Yamanaka[40]	F	11 December 1894	5 April 2008	113 years, 116 days	Aichi	Aichi
41	Sue Utagawa[33]	F	19 January 1884	4 May 1997	113 years, 105 days	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi
42	Niwa Kawamoto[33]	F	5 August 1863	16 November 1976	113 years, 103 days	(unknown)	Shiga
43	Tome Takaoka[39]	F	1 January 1899	12 April 2012	113 years, 102 days	(unknown)	Ibaraki
44	Masayo Ito	F	1 October 1902	6 January 2016	113 years, 97 days	(unknown)	Miyagi
45	Kame Takamiyagi[39]	F	10 June 1899	10 September 2012	113 years, 92 days	(unknown)	Okinawa
46	Chiyono Ohta[37]	F	1 November 1896	25 January 2010	113 years, 85 days	(unknown)	Miyagi
47	Mie Ishiguro[33]	F	2 June 1888	14 August 2001	113 years, 73 days	Hokkaidō	Hokkaidō
48	Hina Shikawatari[39]	F	1 January 1899	15 February 2012	113 years, 45 days	(unknown)	Ishikawa
49	Yoshino Ide[41]	F	1 January 1896	28 January 2009	113 years, 27 days	(unknown)	Hyōgo
50	Tase Hayasaka[33]	F	1 July 1885	23 July 1998	113 years, 22 days	(unknown)	Niigata
51	Iso Nakamura[1]	F	23 April 1903	Living	113 years, 14 days	Ishikawa	Living in Ishikawa
52	Kou Iijima[41]	F	25 March 1896	22 March 2009	112 years, 362 days	(unknown)	Chiba
	Kitsuyo Yamamoto[1]	F	12 March 1902	9 March 2015	112 years, 362 days	(unknown)	Shimane
54	Yaoe Koda[36]	F	1 July 1898	9 June 2011	112 years, 343 days	(unknown)	Kōchi
55	Sugino Tamai[1]	F	9 March 1902	14 February 2015	112 years, 342 days	Shiga	Hyōgo
56	Matsu Kayo[33]	F	9 January 1886	13 December 1998	112 years, 338 days	Okinawa	Okinawa
57	Chikao Beppu[37]	F	28 March 1897	17 February 2010	112 years, 326 days	(unknown)	Kagoshima
58	Toyo Endo[33]	F	13 February 1892	3 January 2005	112 years, 325 days	(unknown)	Shizuoka
59	Matsuno Oikawa[33]	F	20 February 1889	3 January 2002	112 years, 317 days	(unknown)	Iwate
60	Hanae Kimura[1]	F	8 August 1901	16 June 2014	112 years, 312 days	(unknown)	Tokushima
	Yasutaro Koide[1]	M	13 March 1903	19 January 2016	112 years, 312 days	Fukui	Aichi
62	Yoki Yonehara[33]	F	2 March 1892	4 January 2005	112 years, 308 days	(unknown)	Shimane
63	Hiro Nakae[36]	F	20 October 1898	19 August 2011	112 years, 303 days	(unknown)	Hiroshima
64	Tae Ito[1]	F	11 July 1903	Living	112 years, 301 days	(unknown)	Living in Iwate
65	Shizue Nagata[1]	F	25 July 1903	Living	112 years, 287 days	(unknown)	Living in Kumamoto
66	Suma Tamagawa[36]	F	14 March 1899	23 December 2011	112 years, 284 days	(unknown)	Iwate
67	Yoneno Kouno[1]	F	7 August 1902	24 April 2015	112 years, 260 days	(unknown)	Ehime
68	Hatsuno Goto[1]	F	1 September 1903	Living	112 years, 249 days	Niigata	Living in Tokyo
69	Kame Higa[33]	F	22 June 1892	23 February 2005	112 years, 246 days	Okinawa	Okinawa
	Takeno Fujita[39]	F	1 December 1899	3 August 2012	112 years, 246 days	(unknown)	Ehime
71	Ine Atarashiya[39]	F	6 September 1899	8 May 2012	112 years, 245 days	(unknown)	Yamaguchi
72	Hana Shindo[1]	F	29 October 1901	20 June 2014	112 years, 234 days	(unknown)	Saitama
73	Sute Sato[1]	F	15 October 1902	29 May 2015	112 years, 226 days	(unknown)	Fukushima
74	Tane Shimada[1]	F	25 September 1903	Living	112 years, 225 days	(unknown)	Living in Saitama
75	Woteru Takiguchi[39]	F	19 April 1900	30 November 2012	112 years, 225 days	(unknown)	Tokyo
76	Usa Higa[36]	F	21 March 1899	7 October 2011	112 years, 200 days	(unknown)	Okinawa
77	Denzo Ishizaki[33]	M	20 October 1886	29 April 1999	112 years, 191 days	(unknown)	Ibaraki
78	Shizue Hasegawa[33]	F	27 January 1885	31 July 1997	112 years, 185 days	(unknown)	Hiroshima
79	Yasuno Kawamoto[1][42]	F	15 April 1903	29 September 2015	112 years, 167 days	Okayama	Yamaguchi
80	Haru Shimazu[33]	F	7 July 1892	14 December 2004	112 years, 160 days	(unknown)	Kanagawa
81	Sakari Momoi[1][43]	M	5 February 1903	5 July 2015	112 years, 150 days	Fukushima	Saitama
82	Sawayo Tanaka[33]	F	9 June 1891	1 November 2003	112 years, 145 days	(unknown)	Fukuoka
83	Anonymous[1]	F	12 January 1904	Living	112 years, 116 days	(unknown)	Living in Chiba
84	Natsuko Fujiwara[1]	F	29 September 1901	23 January 2014	112 years, 116 days	(unknown)	Hiroshima
85	Chiyo Kowada[33]	F	16 September 1886	31 December 1998	112 years, 106 days	(unknown)	Fukushima
86	Mumeno Sakurai[1]	F	7 February 1904	Living	112 years, 90 days	(unknown)	Living in Gunma
87	Kuma Kobayashi[1]	F	8 February 1904	Living	112 years, 89 days	(unknown)	Living in Aichi
88	Gengan Tonaki[33]	M	30 October 1884	24 January 1997	112 years, 86 days	Okinawa	Okinawa
89	Syun Suzuki[33]	F	25 September 1892	17 December 2004	112 years, 83 days	(unknown)	Yamagata
90	Yasu Nishiyama[33]	F	20 August 1894	31 October 2006	112 years, 72 days	(unknown)	Kagawa
91	Aino Matsuoka[1]	F	3 September 1903	13 November 2015	112 years, 71 days	(unknown)	Hyōgo
92	Mito Umeta[33]	F	27 March 1863	31 May 1975	112 years, 65 days	(unknown)	Kumamoto
93	Gozei Higa[41]	F	10 October 1897	11 December 2009	112 years, 62 days	(unknown)	Okinawa
94	Tomoe Iwata[1]	F	25 March 1904	Living	112 years, 43 days	(unknown)	Living in Iwate
95	Shin Matsushita[1]	F	30 March 1904	Living	112 years, 38 days	(unknown)	Living in Miyagi
96	Sou Osada[1]	F	2 January 1901	9 February 2013	112 years, 38 days	(unknown)	Aichi
97	Nugi Ikeda[1]	F	1 April 1904	Living	112 years, 36 days	Nagasaki	Living in Saga
	Yoshiyo Bessho[1]	F	1 April 1904	Living	112 years, 36 days	(unknown)	Living in Okayama
99	Tadanosuke Hashimoto[33]	M	27 April 1891	31 May 2003	112 years, 34 days	(unknown)	Hyōgo
100	Kumekichi Tani[33]	M	20 April 1891	12 May 2003	112 years, 22 days	(unknown)	Tokushima

†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 7 May 2016

Japanese emigrant supercentenarians

• Ito Konno Kinase (31 December 1889 - 24 January 2003) was born in Okinawa. She was 113 years 24 days old when she passed away in the United States.^[33]
• Tameko Shijo (born 1 January 1904) was born in Yamanashi and lives in the United States, She is 112 years, 127 days old.^[44]

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Japan since 1992

From	To	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Reported lifespan	Prefecture of death
Unidentified	16 June 1992	Waka Shirahama[45]	F	? – 114	23 March 1878 – 16 June 1992 114 years, 85 days	Miyazaki
16 June 1992	12 July 1995 (3 years, 26 days)	Tane Ikai[45]	F	113 – 116	18 January 1879 – 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days	Aichi
12 July 1995	4 May 1997 (1 year, 296 days)	Sue Utagawa[45]	F	111 – 113	19 January 1884 – 4 May 1997 113 years, 105 days	Yamaguchi
4 May 1997	20 June 1998 (1 year, 47 days)	Suekiku Miyanaga[45]	F	113 – 114	7 April 1884 – 20 June 1998 114 years, 74 days	Kagoshima
20 June 1998	31 July 1998 (41 days)	Asa Takii[45]	F	114	28 April 1884 – 31 July 1998 114 years, 94 days	Hiroshima
31 July 1998	18 November 1998 (110 days)	Tase Matsunaga[45]	F	114	11 May 1884 – 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days	Niigata
18 November 1998	12 February 1999 (86 days)	Yasu Akino[46]	F	113	1 March 1885 – 12 February 1999 113 years, 348 days	Shizuoka
12 February 1999	29 April 1999 (76 days)	Denzo Ishizaki[47]	M	112	20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 112 years, 191 days	Ibaraki
29 April 1999	6 August 1999 (99 days)	Kayo Fujii	F	111	12 March 1888 – 6 August 1999 111 years, 147 days	Aichi
6 August 1999	14 August 2001 (2 years, 8 days)	Mie Ishiguro	F	111 – 113	2 June 1888 – 14 August 2001 113 years, 73 days	Hokkaidō
14 August 2001	3 January 2002 (142 days)	Matsuno Oikawa	F	112	20 February 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 317 days	Iwate
3 January 2002	28 September 2003 (1 year, 268 days)	Yukichi Chuganji	M	112 – 114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days	Fukuoka
28 September 2003	13 November 2003 (46 days)	Mitoyo Kawate	F	114	15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days	Hiroshima
13 November 2003	5 April 2005 (1 year, 143 days)	Ura Koyama	F	113 – 114	30 August 1890 – 5 April 2005 114 years, 218 days	Fukuoka
5 April 2005	13 August 2007 (2 years, 130 days)	Yone Minagawa	F	112 – 114	4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days	Fukuoka
13 August 2007	19 August 2007 (6 days)	Shitsu Nakano	F	113	1 January 1894 – 19 August 2007 113 years, 230 days	Fukuoka
19 August 2007	22 February 2008 (187 days)	Tsuneyo Toyonaga[48]	F	113	21 May 1894 – 22 February 2008 113 years, 277 days	Kōchi
22 February 2008	5 April 2008 (43 days)	Kaku Yamanaka[49]	F	113	11 December 1894 – 5 April 2008 113 years, 116 days	Aichi
5 April 2008	2 May 2010 (2 years, 27 days)	Kama Chinen	F	112 – 114	10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days	Okinawa
2 May 2010	2 December 2011 (1 year, 214 days)	Chiyono Hasegawa	F	113 – 115	20 November 1896 – 2 December 2011 115 years, 12 days	Saga
2 December 2011	12 June 2013 (1 year, 192 days)	Jiroemon Kimura[50]	M	114 – 116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days	Kyoto
12 June 2013	1 April 2015 (1 year, 293 days)	Misao Okawa[51]	F	115 – 117	5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days	Osaka
1 April 2015	27 September 2015 (179 days)	Anonymous[52]	F	115	15 March 1900 – 27 September 2015 115 years, 196 days	Tokyo
27 September 2015	Present (223 days)	Nabi Tajima[53]	F	115*	born 4 August 1900 age 115 years, 277 days	Living in Kagoshima

People

Gengan Tonaki

Gengan Tonaki (渡名喜元完 Tonaki Gengan, 30 October 1884 – 24 January 1997) was Japan's oldest living man from 28 September 1991 until his death at age 112 years, 86 days on 24 January 1997.^[54] Tonaki lived in Okinawa Prefecture.^[54] At the time of his death, Tonaki was the third oldest living man, behind American men Christian Mortensen and Johnson Parks.

Denzo Ishizaki

Denzo Ishizaki (石崎 伝蔵 Ishizaki Denzō, 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999) was for a short time Japan's oldest person and the world's oldest man, from February to April 1999.^[47] A former elementary school teacher and town assembly member, Ishizaki lived in Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he died of multiple organ failure on 29 April 1999 at the age of 112 years, 191 days.^[55]

Tase Matsunaga

Tase Matsunaga (松永 タセ Matsunaga Tase, 11 May 1884 – 18 November 1998) was a Japanese supercentenarian. Matsunaga was born in Kiyosato in the Niigata prefecture though soon moved to Tokyo. She moved from Tokyo, where she lived with her daughter, to Mutsumien in 1983.^[56] A farmer for most of her life, she was still gardening when she was 112, but she was mostly bedridden after that. On 31 July 1998, she became the oldest recognized living person in Japan. Later that same year she died, aged 114 years 191 days, of heart failure.^[57] Matsunaga was the second oldest living person in the world behind Sarah Knauss.

Ura Koyama

Ura Koyama (小山 ウラ Koyama Ura, 30 August 1890 – 5 April 2005) of Iizuka became the oldest person in Japan upon the death of Mitoyo Kawate in November 2003. On 5 April 2005, she died of pneumonia at a hospital in Iizuka. At the time of her death, Koyama was the 4th oldest person in the world, aged 114 years 218 days. Following Koyama's death, Yone Minagawa became Japan's oldest living person.^[58]

Koto Okubo

Koto Okubo (大久保 琴 Ōkubo Koto, 24 December 1897 – 12 January 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the time of her death aged 115 years and 19 days, was recognized as the oldest woman in the world and the second oldest living person behind Jiroemon Kimura.

Okubo became the oldest woman from Japan and Asia after the death of Chiyono Hasegawa on 2 December 2011. Okubo had been living in a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa with her son and died of pneumonia.^[59][60][61] The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare did not announce her name officially; only her residence and age were initially released.^[62]

The name of Okubo was finally reported by the Japanese press on 14 September 2012,^[59] and on the same day, Okubo was verified and added to the GRG list and Guinness World Records.^[50] On 17 December 2012, Dina Manfredini died, Okubo became the oldest recognized living woman. after Okubo's death, Misao Okawa became the oldest recognized living woman.^[50]

See also

• List of supercentenarians from Asia

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