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| death_date = {{death date|2022|4|19|df=y}}<br />(aged {{age in years and days|1903|1|2|2022|4|19|df=y}})<ref name=tanaka119>{{Cite web|date=25 April 2022|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220425/k10013597701000.html|title=119歳 福岡市の田中カ子さん死去 ギネスで世界最高齢に認定|website=NHK News Web|access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Fukuoka]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture]], Japan
| nationality = [[Japan|Japanese]]ese
| known_for = *Oldest verified living person (22 July 2018 - 19 April 2022)
*Longest-lived Japanese
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She [[married]] Hideo Tanaka at age 19 and was in charge of an [[udon]] [[noodle]] [[shop]] when her husband and eldest son Nobuo were sent to fight in [[World War II]].<ref name = "jp">{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200919/p2a/00m/0na/023000c|title=117-yr-old woman recognized as Japan's oldest ever person|date=19 September 2020|via=Mainichi Daily News}}</ref> After the war, she and her husband became [[Christians]] and ran a [[rice]] shop together.<ref name = "jp"/>
 
She lived through all [[List_of_emperors_of_JapanList of emperors of Japan|five imperial reigns]] that make up modern day Japan, with the first, the Meiji era, having ended in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/03/worlds-oldest-person-celebrates-119th-birthday-in-japan-nursing-home|title=World's oldest person celebrates 119th birthday in Japan nursing home|date=3 January 2022|work=The Guardian|first=Justin|last=McCurry|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>
 
Tanaka said that she would like to live to the age of 120, saying her faith in God, family, sleep, hope, eating good food, and practicing [[mathematics]] has helped her live a long life.<ref>*{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-worlds-oldest-person-miyako-chiyo-dies-117-passing-title-kane-tanaka-1044901 |title=Who is the World's oldest Person? Chiyo Miyako Dies At 117, Passing Title To Kane Tanaka |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |first=David |last=Brennan |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 }}
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*19 April 2022 - Died at the age of 119 years and 107 days. With Tanaka's death, [[Lucile Randon]] become the oldest recognized living person.
 
==SeeRelated alsopages==
*[[Jiroemon Kimura]], the oldest man ever in Japan. Kane Tanaka died on the day of his 125th birthday anniversary.
 
==References==
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{{Succession box| before = [[Chiyo Miyako]] | title = [[Oldest people#Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1955|Oldest verified living person]] | years = 22 July 2018 — 19 April 2022| after = '''[[Lucile Randon]]'''}}
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