ASHIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Local voters made ... when Kotaro Shishida was elected at 27 to lead Musashimurayama in western Tokyo, according to the Japan Association of City Mayors.

She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years and 220 days old. She died at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan, Guinness said in a news release, citing LongeviQuest ...

Tokyo: The world's oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died aged 116, the city where she lived, Ashiya, announced on Saturday. Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren ...

Although Itooka died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 at the age of 116 at her nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, her death was not confirmed by LongeviQuest until Jan. 4. Itooka had held ...

ASHIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Interactive 3-D virtual reality photographs have been created to promote three historic buildings of modernist architecture in Ashiya city to the world. One of the ...

Recognized by Guinness World Records, Itooka died in a care home in Ashiya, Japan, local officials announced Saturday. Her passing came on Dec. 29, concluding a long life that began on May 23 ...

Itooka, who was born on 23 May 1908 in Osaka, has lived in a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, since 2019. Prior to this, she resided with her two daughters until the age of 110.

TOKYO – Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...

By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Tomiko Itooka ... died at a nursing home in Ashiya, Japan. She was 116. In a statement released on Saturday, the mayor of Ashiya said Ms. Itooka passed ...