Japan's oldest person Toyonaga dies at 113

Japan's oldest person Toyonaga dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneyo Toyonaga (file photo), who has been recognized as Japan's oldest person, died of natural causes in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, on Feb. 21. She was 113. She became the nation's oldest person in August last year when the then oldest person, Shitsu Nakano of Fukuoka Prefecture, died at the age of 113 years and seven months.

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