ASHIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Local voters made national history by electing a 26-year-old to lead the city, making him the youngest mayor ever in Japan. Winning more than 46 percent of the vote ...

The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, died the night of Dec. 29. She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years and 220 days old.

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who held the Guinness World Record for oldest living woman has died. Tomiko Itooka, who lived in a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in central Japan ...

She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on Dec. 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. Itooka, who loved bananas and a ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died aged 116, officials said. Ms Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya ...

Recognized by Guinness World Records, Itooka died in a care home in Ashiya, Japan, local officials announced Saturday. Her passing came on Dec. 29, concluding a long life that began on May 23 ...

She died at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan, Guinness said in a news release, citing LongeviQuest, an organization that manages a database on the world’s oldest people.

Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, central Japan. Itooka, who loved bananas and a yoghurt ...

Cancel anytime. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. TOKYO ...