116-year-old is oldest living person

Alive and well: Tanaka gesturing after receiving the Guinness World Records certificate at a nursing home in Fukuoka.

TOKYO: A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honoured as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records.

The global authority on records officially recognised Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan’s southwest. Her family and the mayor were present to celebrate.