Kane Tanaka: Difference between revisions

She is the second-oldest verified person (behind [[Jeanne Calment]]) and the oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever, after passing the record of [[Nabi Tajima]] in September 2020.<ref name=k117>{{Cite web|title=117-year-old granny sets new record as Japan's oldest ever person|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/5e5c26158954-tanaka-sets-new-japan-age-record-at-117-years-261-days.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Kyodo News+}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=2020-09-21|title=Woman, 117, marks becoming Japan's oldest ever person with cola and boardgames|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/21/woman-117-marks-becoming-japans-oldest-ever-person-with-cola-and-boardgames|access-date=2021-04-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

 

Tanaka lived in [[Fukuoka Prefecture]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/26/national/japans-oldest-person-chiyo-miyako-dies-117/#.W1naweSWy70|title=Japan’s oldest person Chiyo Miyako dies at 117|author=Kyodo|work=The Japan Times|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref> She credited family, sleep and hope as her secrets for long age. She was married to Hideo Tanaka from 1922 until his death in 1993. They had five children.