World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, aged 114, takes part in a celebration at the Keijuen special nursing home in the town of Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 30 after becoming the world's oldest person, following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also aged 114, in Connecticut. (Kyodo)

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