Misao Okawa of Japan is the oldest person in the world. She
turned 117 this Thursday in japan. She is a mother of three, grand mother of
four and great grand mother of six children.
She is the oldest person of Japan, and fifth oldest verified
person in history.
After the death of a 116 years old Japanese man, Jiroemon
Kimura on 12 june 2013, Misao Okawa became the World’s oldest person.
Okawa is one of the few people who were born in 19th
century and lived to the 21st century and she is the last living person
of Japan who were born in 1800s. She is still alive and “looking in a good
shape“, according to Osaka nursing home.
She was born in 1898, five years before the wright brothers
achieved the first human powered flight.
She celebrated her
birthday with her family in Japan on 5th of march 2015. Her Oldest son
Hiroshi who is 92 years old and her great grandson who is 2 years old were also
present in the birthday celebration.
Takehiro Ogura, local official, also came with a bunch of
flowers to wish her a happy birthday. He whispered to her, “was it long (her
life of 117 years)” She replied, “It was short”.
She was asked that if she know a secret to live a long life,
it seemed that she didn’t want to tell and replied as, “Well, I don’t know”
Life expectancy in Japan is longer than other countries.
Sakari Momoi, the oldest man in the world aged 112, is also a Japanese citizen.
In 2014 life expectancy of women in Japan was 86.1 years
which is highest life expectancy in the world and that of men was 80.21 the
fourth largest life expectancy in the world.
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