The oldest man in the world died on the 117th anniversary

TOKYO, KOMPAS.com – The Japanese Ministry of Health confirms the most ancient human deaths in the country and also in the world, Chiyo Miyako.

Proclaimed Japan Times Friday (27/7/1918), the resident of Yokohama died at the age of 117.

Chiyo was born in Wakayama, in the Kansai area , May 2, 1901, and holds the title of being the oldest woman in Japan, after the death of the man. the oldest in the world of the Prophet Tajima in April 2017.

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CNN reports, Chiyo dies after Guinness World Records crowned it as the oldest man and the oldest woman in the world living at that time.

The Chiyo family describes him as patient, kind and talkative but bringing happiness to the surrounding people.

His death made Kane Tanaka 115 ta hun became the oldest man in Japan.

Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903 and now lives in a retirement home.

He loves Othello board games and enjoys walking around the orphanage.

Meanwhile, Masazo Nonaka, 113, is the oldest in Japan. He was born on July 24, 1905.

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In April, Masazo was named the oldest in the world.

With a low birth rate, Japan is known as a "super old" country, with the majority of the population over 65 years of age.

In February 2018, there were 69,000 people over 100 years old in Japan. Up to 60,000 of them are women.