The deceased Fusa Tatsumi. Photo: Collected
Fusa Tatsumi, who was 116 years old and was known as the oldest person in Japan, passed away on Tuesday (12 December), due to old age, as stated by a city official in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, where she resided.
Tatsumi, who was born on April 25, 1907, had recently passed most of her days in bed at a Kashiwara nursing home. The facility stated that she was well up until Monday morning (11 December), when she ate her favorite bean-paste jelly.
She became the oldest living person in Japan in April last year following the death of a 119-year-old woman in Fukuoka, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
As of January this year, the world's oldest living woman is Maria Branyas Morera in Spain, who is now 116 years old. She was born on March 4, 1907, according to the Guinness World Records.
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