Tomiko Itooka, Japanese woman who was world's oldest person, dies at 116

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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, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan.

She became the oldest person last year following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

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