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00:00 4 Evergreen Presents - The Oldest Living Person And The Oldest Person That Ever Lived In The
00:05 World Meet the oldest living person, Kane Tanaka
00:10 from Japan.
00:12 Tanaka was born on 2nd of January, 1903, in the village of Kazuki.
00:19 She was raised on breast milk from women other than her mother.
00:23 She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922 at the age of 19.
00:28 Even though they had not seen each other before wedding, still they had 4 children and adopted
00:33 another child.
00:35 The couple ran a food business which sold sticky rice, sweets, and noodles to make a
00:41 living.
00:43 During World War II, she worked in a store selling rice cakes with her husband Hideo.
00:49 After Hideo and her son died during the war, she continued working in the store before
00:54 retiring at age 63.
00:57 Tanaka is currently the oldest living person and the 16th oldest person of all the time.
01:03 So keep watching our video till the end to see the oldest person that ever lived on planet
01:08 Earth.
01:10 Kane was crowned the title of World's Oldest Living Person on March 9, 2019, following
01:17 the death of Chiyo Miyako, who died on 22nd of July, 2018 at an age of 117 years.
01:25 As of 12th of March, 2019, Kane Tanaka is 116 years old and is declared as the world's
01:32 oldest living person by Guinness World Records.
01:37 The authority officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she
01:42 lives in Fukuoka in Japan's southwest.
01:46 According to Guinness World Records, Tanaka was born in the same year that the Wright
01:51 brothers launched the first successful airplane flight.
01:56 Japanese are dominating the oldest person list in the world.
02:01 In Okinawa, Japan, there are hundreds of people aged over 100, making it known as the "Land
02:07 of the Immortals."
02:09 The healthy diet and lifestyle observed by old people in Japan contribute to their longevity.
02:18 When Kane was 107, her son wrote a book about her, which discusses her life and longevity
02:24 and it had similar ideas.
02:26 Japan also has one of the most accessible healthcare services in the world.
02:31 This may be a factor too in the long ages of Japanese.
02:35 Age is also traditionally respected in the country, meaning people stay active and feel
02:39 useful into their 80s and beyond.
02:44 Getting up to such an age and keeping oneself healthy is not simple and easy.
02:50 One has to be strong and resistant to achieve what this lady has done.
02:55 She has faced a lot of challenges and diseases in her life, but she always challenged them
03:00 with enthusiasm and bravery.
03:02 Kane has undergone several operations during her lifetime, including one for cataracts
03:07 and one for cancer.
03:09 At age 103, Tanaka was diagnosed with colon cancer and survived.
03:13 Recently, in an interview when she was asked which part of her life she enjoyed the most,
03:19 her reply was, "This right now."
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03:32 Tanaka still has 6 years to go till she breaks the all-time record for oldest living person
03:38 ever.
03:39 That is Jean Louise Calment with an authenticated age 122 years.
03:46 Born on 21 February 1875 in France, Jean died at a nursing home in southern France on 4
03:53 August 1997.
03:55 During an interview in July 2018, she said she would like to live to the age of 120.
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