Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died. She was 116. An Ashiya city official said Saturday Itooka died at a home for older people.
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When she was told she was at the top of the World Supercentenarian Rankings List, she simply replied, “Thank you.” Born in Osaka, Itooka was a volleyball player in high school, and long had a reputation for a sprightly spirit, Nagata said. She climbed the 3,067-meter Mount Ontake twice.Itooka managed the office of her husband’s textile factory during World War II. She lived alone in Nara after her husband died in 1979.
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