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| Subject: Congratz: World's oldest person celebrates her 116th birthday Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:16 am | |
| In the year in which Misao Okawa was born in Osaka, Queen Victoria was still on the British throne, the Spanish American War was raging and Horatio Kitchener triumphed in the Battle of Omdurman.
The daughter of a kimono-maker from Japan’s second city, Okawa assumed the title of the oldest person in the world after the death of 116-year-old Jireomon Kimura in June 2013.
Experts say it is no coincidence that both record-holders are from Japan, which was home to 54,397 centenarians on the last Respect for the Aged national holiday in September - including 282 super-centenarians, who have achieved the ripe old age of 110.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/worlds-oldest-person-celebrates-her-116th-birthday-eat-and-sleep-and-you-will-live-a-long-time-20140304-3416p.html#ixzz2uz3j2Zua |
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