{"id":104364,"date":"2015-04-01T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=104364"},"modified":"2015-04-01T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T08:05:59","slug":"worlds-oldest-person-dies-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/04\/worlds-oldest-person-dies-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s oldest person dies in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world’s oldest living person, Japan’s Misao Okawa, has died from heart failure at the age of 117.<\/p>\n
She died in a nursing home in Osaka, the city she was born in on 5 March 1898.<\/p>\n
She is survived by three children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Ms Okawa was recognised in 2013 as the world’s oldest living person, as well as the world’s oldest living woman, by Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n
While celebrating her birthday earlier this month, Ms Okawa said that 117 years did not seem such a long time.<\/p>\n
She also said the key to a long life was getting at least eight hours of sleep a night and eating sushi – her favourite food.<\/p>\n
She said she particularly enjoyed mackerel on vinegar-steamed rice.<\/p>\n
Her birthday celebration was shown on national television in Japan.<\/p>\n
Born to a kimono-maker, Mrs Okawa married her husband Yukio in 1919. They lived in Kobe where he ran a business. When he died in 1931. she moved back to Osaka.<\/p>\n
She lived across three centuries, seeing four emperors of Japan, six British monarchs, and 20 US presidents.<\/p>\n