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 ...

A Japanese woman considered to be the world's longest-lived person died on Dec. 29 at 116 years old at a nursing home in the city of Ashiya in the Hyogo Prefecture, it was reported Saturday.

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 ...

Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman recognized as Japan's oldest living person, has died from heart failure over the weekend, ...

The minimum age to hold office in Japan is 25. “It just so happened that the timing was right after graduation,” Takashima said. “When I saw that the current situation in Ashiya was very bad ...

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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. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...

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