World’s oldest woman who credited long life to two simple things dies aged 116
Tomiko Itooka on her 116th birthday in May last year (Credits: AP)
A Japanese woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at the age of 116.
Tomiko Itooka passed away on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan, according to staff.
Guinness World Records recognised her as the world’s oldest human in August last year after 117-year-old Maria Branyas died in Spain.
Tomiko put her long life down to a love of bananas and a Japanese yoghurt drink called Calpis...
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