JAKARTA - Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person from Japan, has died at the age of 119, according to a statement issued by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Manpower and Welfare.
He died of old age at a hospital in the city of Fukuoka, Japan, on April 19, reports NHK, Tuesday, April 26. Throughout his life, he was fond of chocolate and fizzy drinks.
Kane Tanaka is a woman who was born in Wajiro Village, Japan in 1903. Launching Paragram.id, Tanaka was crowned by the Guinness World Record as the oldest human in the world in 2019, right at the age of 116.
The woman who was born as the seventh child of nine siblings married at the age of 19. She sent her husband and son to the vanguard of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
Tanaka spent his life living in a nursing home in Fukuoka, Japan. At a very advanced age, Tanaka still looks fit and eager to live life.
Because of his age, it doesn't feel like Tanaka has also gone through a series of important world events, starting from World War I, World War II, the Spanish Flu Pandemic, to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
In addition, Tanaka was also almost included in the torch relay at the biggest sporting event, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Unfortunately, this had to be canceled due to pandemic considerations. Understandably, the Covid-19 pandemic poses a huge risk to the elderly. Especially considering Kane Tanaka's age is more than a hundred years, of course the risk is even greater.
Even though he is quite old, Kane Tanaka turns out to have a hobby that is not inferior to young people. He likes to drink soda and eat chocolate.
Like when he was on his 118th birthday, with other members of the nursing home and his family members, he celebrated his birthday. Of course do not forget soda and chocolate will be the dish.
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