TOKYO, Japan: A 116-year-old woman recognised as the oldest person in Japan died of old age in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, this morning, local media reported.
Fusa Tatsumi, who was born on April 25, 1907, had recently spent most of her days in bed at a nursing home in Kashiwara, Xinhua reported citing Kyodo News as saying.
Tatsumi became the oldest living person in Japan in April last year following the death of a 119-year-old woman in Fukuoka, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
As of January this year, the world's oldest living woman is Maria Branyas Morera in Spain, who is now 116 years-old. She was born on March 4, 1907, according to the Guinness World Records. — Bernama