World's oldest person dies in Japan at 119

Kane Tanaka was born on Jan 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan. - AFP

TOKYO, April 25, 2022 (AFP): A Japanese woman certified the world's oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday.

Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.