Japanese woman, 116, to be named world's oldest person

wow. good for her.

i read the woman in spain (she was an american living in spain, not spanish) attributed some her longevity to avoiding toxic people.

that’ll probably get some downvotes. :)

Avoiding toxic people is the key to longevity. I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks for the tip.

Big congrats to Tomiko Itooka! Wishing her many, many more birthdays to come - and extend her title!

Very goof for her..

And there are hundreds of more elderly people over 100 years old, proving once again that Japan is one of the best places in the world to live..

And there are hundreds of more elderly people over 100 years old, proving once again that Japan is one of the best places in the world to live..

Hmm, but when you dive a little deeper into these stories, you quickly realize that these people are not really living; they're surviving, despite Japanese doctors, but not really living. Most are curled up like pretzels in bed and fed through a direct tube to the stomach.

that’ll probably get some downvotes. :)

Well, if so we'll soon know who the toxic people are!

Even with increased centenarians, the top level is always in the mid to upper 100-teens. For a long time now. Except for Jeanne Calment, 122, the smoking lady in France that died about 25 years ago.

One common thing for super centenarians is that they dot not have any cardio vascular disease.

My blood pressure tend to be high so I won’t live so long

Peter, then you should definitely avoid the comments section of JT

Her VERY active life no doubt had something to do with it. Fit, active, walking around at 100 without a cane. I'm going to out on a limb here, but. . .bet she's not curled like a pretzel and being fed through a tube. It might be a while before someone else becomes the oldest.

A Hero by all means, it will be so interesting to know what was her life style and what her diet was, she exercised for sure and that is one reason but there are many other factors like how happy she was with her life, marriage, children, her social life, and the environment she lived in!??

Very interesting for sure.

Best of luck to the new hero.

"Japanese woman, 116, to be named world's oldest person."

That's a good and respectable ripe age. Keep it up Tomiko Itooka San!!

Best of luck to the new hero.

You have a strange definition of "hero" my friend.

I was kind of expecting her to be an Okinawan, since so many of them are at the top of the age ranking. Ashiya's a wealthy town.

Go girl!

Wow, imagine all the changes that she has seen during her life!

I believe genes and or the luck of the draw allowing someone to live into the ripe old age of 100 or more. There was a gentleman Richard Overalton, not sure on the spelling, he lived passed 108, he smoked cigars and had a drink or 2 of alcohol daily and drove his lifestyle was not the healthiest and yet his mind and soul were.

Congratulations, to this lady and all her successes to date.

Congratulations to Ms Itooka

Peter Neil, fyi, of her 117 years in this vale of tears, Maria Branyas Morera spent 99 of them in Spain although she was born in San Francisco to Spanish parents who returned to Spain during WWI.

Did she have American citizenship by right of birth? I don’t know. Did she keep her American citizenship her entire life? Again, I plead ignorance.

from what i read, she maintained her american citizenship.

amazing that she was 45 years older than i am now. and i’m old!

Avoiding toxic people, hmm

i guess moving from the US to Spain made that a lot easier

stickman....

i guess moving from the US to Spain made that a lot easier..

Ouch!

Congratulation to her!