Source: Firstpost [India]
“The world’s oldest person has breathed her last. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman, died at the age of 116, an Ashiya city official informed on Saturday. Itooka was named the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records in 2024 after Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera passed away in August last year. … Itooka, who loved bananas and a yoghurt-flavoured Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on May 23, 1908, which means she lived through to witness both the World Wars. Born in Osaka, Itooka was a volleyball player in high school and long had a reputation for a sprightly spirit, Nagata said. She climbed the 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) Mount Ontake twice. She married at 20, and had two daughters and two sons, according to Guinness.” (01/04/25)