She is 116 years old and is the longest woman in the world.

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves to play the Othello board game was recognized on Saturday by Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world.

Official world authorities have officially recognized Kane Tanaka at a ceremony at the asylum where he resides in Fukuoka, in southwestern Japan. His family and the mayor were present to celebrate.

Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, she is the seventh of eight children. He married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, had four children and adopted another.

She usually gets up at 6 in the morning. and he likes to study mathematics.

Before Tanaka, the longest person was another Japanese, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at the age of 117.

The Japanese dominate the list of elderly people. Here too, we traditionally respect the age, which means that people remain active and feel useful from the age of 80.

But Tanaka still has a long way to go before she is the oldest person, an accomplishment of French Jeanne Louise Calment, who has lived 122 years, according to Guinness World Records.

Mr. Guinness said that the world's oldest man was still under investigation after the death of the honourary recipient, Masazo Nonaka, who lives on the island's largest island. in northern Japan, Hokkaido, who died in January at the age of 113.