World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa blew out candles on a birthday cake at a Fukuoka Prefecture nursing home Jan. 4 as she celebrated her 114th birthday. Ninagawa is now believed to be the world's oldest person after Emma Faust Tillman died Jan. 28 at a nursing home in Connecticut aged 114.

Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, turns 114

Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, blows out candles on Jan. 4 to celebrate her 114th birthday at the Keijuen special nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture where she now resides.

World's oldest man turns 114

World's oldest man turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (file photo), a Japanese on record as the oldest man in the world, marked his 114th birthday March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Unlike last year when celebrations were held for his entry in the Guinness Book of Records, Chuganji had a quiet birthday this year, surrounded by family including his oldest daughter, Kyoko, 73.

World's oldest man turns 113 in Fukuoka, Japan

World's oldest man turns 113 in Fukuoka, Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (in file photo) on record as the oldest man in the world marked his 113th birthday on March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Chuganji joined the world's oldest woman, Kamato Hongo of the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima, who recently marked her 114th birthday, to put Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on the global map for longevity.

Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, turns 114

Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, blows out candles on Jan. 4 to celebrate her 114th birthday at the Keijuen special nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture where she now resides. (Kyodo)

World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa blew out candles on a birthday cake at a Fukuoka Prefecture nursing home Jan. 4 as she celebrated her 114th birthday. Ninagawa is now believed to be the world's oldest person after Emma Faust Tillman died Jan. 28 at a nursing home in Connecticut aged 114. (Kyodo)

World's oldest man turns 114

World's oldest man turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (file photo), a Japanese on record as the oldest man in the world, marked his 114th birthday March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Unlike last year when celebrations were held for his entry in the Guinness Book of Records, Chuganji had a quiet birthday this year, surrounded by family including his oldest daughter, Kyoko, 73. (Kyodo)