The oldest person in the world has passed away at the age of 117, confirmed Friday the authorities of his state of origin in Japan.

Chiyo Miyako, nicknamed "the goddess" by her family members, died Sunday in Kanagawa Prefecture

. Guinness World Records confirmed that she was the oldest person in the world. According to Guinness, his replacement has not yet been announced, but according to media reports, the oldest new person is Kane Tanaka, a 115-year-old woman who lives in a retirement home in Fukuoka, a city in southern Japan.

Miyako, born May 2, 1901, became the world's oldest person in April after Nabi Tajima, a fellow Japanese man from Kikai Island in the south of the country, said the Ministry of Health , Work and well-being. died at the age of 117.

Miyako's family said that she was a talkative person who was patient and kind to others, and loved the delicious food, with sushi and eels Guinness World Records.

She began learning calligraphy when she was a child and practiced it until recently. She was also lucky enough to travel because her husband, Shoji, worked for the Japanese National Railways, according to Guinness

Masazo Nonaka, the world's oldest man, celebrated his 113th birthday on Wednesday. the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Calment de France holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest person of all time. Born in 1875, she was 122 years old when she died in 1997.

Japanese women have the world's highest life expectancy of 87, while life expectancy men is in the top 10 worldwide. The reasons are attributed to factors such as the traditional Japanese diet and good health care.

The average age of women in America is 81.1 years and 76.1 years for men, according to a 2016 report from the National Center for Health Statistics. 19659017] Contributor: The Associated Press

Read or Share this Story: https://usat.ly/2uUT79r