FILE - This photo provided by Ashiya City shows Tomiko Itooka, being celebrated for her 116th birthday at the nursing home she lives in Ashiya, western Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Ashiya City via AP ...

A football-loving nun from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has become the oldest person in the world after the death ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...

A 119-year-old great-grandmother from Brazil, Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, is making headlines as she pushes for official ...

Her nephew spends time with her every Saturday and sends her voice messages between visits to keep her spirits up following two hospitalizations that left her weak, with difficulty talking.

Canabarro took the title of the oldest living person following the death of Japan’s Tomiko Itooka in December, according to LongeviQuest. She now ranks as the 20th oldest documented person to ...

MIAMI (AP) — A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan. Sister Inah Canabarro was ...

Meanwhile, the oldest woman in the world is Tomiko Itooka, also from Japan, born on May 23, 1908. Tinniswood was born on Aug. 26, 1912, in Liverpool. During World War II he was spared from going ...