TOKYO (AP) — The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died.
Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January.
Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th century. She raised seven sons and two daughters and reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren. Her town of Kikai is a small island of about 7,000 people halfway between Okinawa and Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands.
She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica, also at the age of 117. Video shown on Japanese television showed Tajima moving her hands to the beat of music played on traditional Japanese instruments at a ceremony to mark the achievement.
The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, is now the world's oldest person in its records. Miyako lives south of Tokyo in Kanagawa prefecture, and is due to turn 117 in 10 days.
Guinness World Records certified 112-year-old Masazo Nonaka of northern Japan as the world's oldest man earlier this month, and was planning to recognize Tajima as the world's oldest person.
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In an earlier interview:
World’s Oldest Person, Nabi Tajima, 117, Says She Owes It All To Standing Desk At Work
Following the September death of 117-year-old Violet Mosse Brown, the oldest person in the world, the title has now been handed down to Japanese supercentenarian, Nabi Tajima, who is also 117.
Tajima was born on August 4, 1900, in the town of Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, and has had her age confirmed by Guiness World Records.
She currently lives in a home in the city of Kagoshima and is the direct ancestor of 140 people — including nine children (seven sons and two daughters), 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and 35 great-great-grandchildren.
Today, for the first time Nabi Tajima has spoken to our reporters about the secrets behind her longevity. According to her, it all comes down to avoiding being sedentary and drinking as many smoothies as possible.
“In the mid 1930s I was working for a PR agency that focused on digital content seeding throughout integrated social channels” she says.
“It was around this time that I convinced myself I was suffering from a scoliosis in my spine – I knew I had to do something about this”
Nabi after consultation with the Human Resources representative, she was able to have a standing desk installed in her office.
“The bosses were really good about it, considering the fragile economy that existed in imperial Japan at the time”
“It was a workplace quirk that I kept up for many years after. Right through the World War until I retired to focus on my travel blog in 2014”
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor
http://www.betootaadvocate.com
Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January.
Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th century. She raised seven sons and two daughters and reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren. Her town of Kikai is a small island of about 7,000 people halfway between Okinawa and Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands.
She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica, also at the age of 117. Video shown on Japanese television showed Tajima moving her hands to the beat of music played on traditional Japanese instruments at a ceremony to mark the achievement.
The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, is now the world's oldest person in its records. Miyako lives south of Tokyo in Kanagawa prefecture, and is due to turn 117 in 10 days.
Guinness World Records certified 112-year-old Masazo Nonaka of northern Japan as the world's oldest man earlier this month, and was planning to recognize Tajima as the world's oldest person.
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In an earlier interview:
World’s Oldest Person, Nabi Tajima, 117, Says She Owes It All To Standing Desk At Work
Following the September death of 117-year-old Violet Mosse Brown, the oldest person in the world, the title has now been handed down to Japanese supercentenarian, Nabi Tajima, who is also 117.
Tajima was born on August 4, 1900, in the town of Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, and has had her age confirmed by Guiness World Records.
She currently lives in a home in the city of Kagoshima and is the direct ancestor of 140 people — including nine children (seven sons and two daughters), 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and 35 great-great-grandchildren.
Today, for the first time Nabi Tajima has spoken to our reporters about the secrets behind her longevity. According to her, it all comes down to avoiding being sedentary and drinking as many smoothies as possible.
“In the mid 1930s I was working for a PR agency that focused on digital content seeding throughout integrated social channels” she says.
“It was around this time that I convinced myself I was suffering from a scoliosis in my spine – I knew I had to do something about this”
Nabi after consultation with the Human Resources representative, she was able to have a standing desk installed in her office.
“The bosses were really good about it, considering the fragile economy that existed in imperial Japan at the time”
“It was a workplace quirk that I kept up for many years after. Right through the World War until I retired to focus on my travel blog in 2014”
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor
http://www.betootaadvocate.com
TOKYO (AP) — The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died.
Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January.
Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th century. She raised seven sons and two daughters and reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren. Her town of Kikai is a small island of about 7,000 people halfway between Okinawa and Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands.
She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica, also at the age of 117. Video shown on Japanese television showed Tajima moving her hands to the beat of music played on traditional Japanese instruments at a ceremony to mark the achievement.
The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, is now the world's oldest person in its records. Miyako lives south of Tokyo in Kanagawa prefecture, and is due to turn 117 in 10 days.
Guinness World Records certified 112-year-old Masazo Nonaka of northern Japan as the world's oldest man earlier this month, and was planning to recognize Tajima as the world's oldest person.
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In an earlier interview:
World’s Oldest Person, Nabi Tajima, 117, Says She Owes It All To Standing Desk At Work
Following the September death of 117-year-old Violet Mosse Brown, the oldest person in the world, the title has now been handed down to Japanese supercentenarian, Nabi Tajima, who is also 117.
Tajima was born on August 4, 1900, in the town of Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, and has had her age confirmed by Guiness World Records.
She currently lives in a home in the city of Kagoshima and is the direct ancestor of 140 people — including nine children (seven sons and two daughters), 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and 35 great-great-grandchildren.
Today, for the first time Nabi Tajima has spoken to our reporters about the secrets behind her longevity. According to her, it all comes down to avoiding being sedentary and drinking as many smoothies as possible.
“In the mid 1930s I was working for a PR agency that focused on digital content seeding throughout integrated social channels” she says.
“It was around this time that I convinced myself I was suffering from a scoliosis in my spine – I knew I had to do something about this”
Nabi after consultation with the Human Resources representative, she was able to have a standing desk installed in her office.
“The bosses were really good about it, considering the fragile economy that existed in imperial Japan at the time”
“It was a workplace quirk that I kept up for many years after. Right through the World War until I retired to focus on my travel blog in 2014”
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor
http://www.betootaadvocate.com
Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January.
Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th century. She raised seven sons and two daughters and reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren. Her town of Kikai is a small island of about 7,000 people halfway between Okinawa and Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands.
She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica, also at the age of 117. Video shown on Japanese television showed Tajima moving her hands to the beat of music played on traditional Japanese instruments at a ceremony to mark the achievement.
The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, is now the world's oldest person in its records. Miyako lives south of Tokyo in Kanagawa prefecture, and is due to turn 117 in 10 days.
Guinness World Records certified 112-year-old Masazo Nonaka of northern Japan as the world's oldest man earlier this month, and was planning to recognize Tajima as the world's oldest person.
********
In an earlier interview:
World’s Oldest Person, Nabi Tajima, 117, Says She Owes It All To Standing Desk At Work
Following the September death of 117-year-old Violet Mosse Brown, the oldest person in the world, the title has now been handed down to Japanese supercentenarian, Nabi Tajima, who is also 117.
Tajima was born on August 4, 1900, in the town of Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, and has had her age confirmed by Guiness World Records.
She currently lives in a home in the city of Kagoshima and is the direct ancestor of 140 people — including nine children (seven sons and two daughters), 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and 35 great-great-grandchildren.
Today, for the first time Nabi Tajima has spoken to our reporters about the secrets behind her longevity. According to her, it all comes down to avoiding being sedentary and drinking as many smoothies as possible.
“In the mid 1930s I was working for a PR agency that focused on digital content seeding throughout integrated social channels” she says.
“It was around this time that I convinced myself I was suffering from a scoliosis in my spine – I knew I had to do something about this”
Nabi after consultation with the Human Resources representative, she was able to have a standing desk installed in her office.
“The bosses were really good about it, considering the fragile economy that existed in imperial Japan at the time”
“It was a workplace quirk that I kept up for many years after. Right through the World War until I retired to focus on my travel blog in 2014”
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor
http://www.betootaadvocate.com
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