The world's oldest person celebrated her 119th birthday by announcing that she is determined to extend the record for another year.
Japanese soda and chocolate lover Kane Tanaka celebrated her birthday on Sunday with staff at a nursing home in Fukuoka prefecture in southwestern Japan.
Guinness World Records recognized Tanaka's age in March 2019, when she was 116 years and 66 days old.
She broke the Japanese age record in September 2020 when she was 117 years and 261 days old.
Born on January 2, 1903, Tanaka has survived five Japanese imperial reigns and hopes to celebrate her 120th birthday.
Tanaka is one of a large number of Japanese centenarians.
According to an estimate in September ahead of the annual Respect for the Aged Day, Japan's health ministry said a record 86.510 people are over XNUMX years old.
Women make up the vast majority of centenarians, and slightly more than 10.000 men are 100 years old or older.
When the survey was first conducted in 1963, Japan had 153 centenarians, but that number grew to over 10.000 by 1998.
Life expectancy in Japan is also record high - 87,74 years for women and 81,64 years for men.
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