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Hiroshima woman listed as world's oldest person at 114

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Guinness Book of Records has listed 114-year-old Mitoyo Kawate (file photo) of Hiroshima city as the world's oldest person. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture on May 15, 1889, Kawate became the world's oldest person after Kamato Hongo of Kagoshima died of pneumonia Oct. 31 at the age of 116.

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Japan's oldest person after Hongo's death

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows Mitoyo Kawate, 114, of the city of Hiroshima, who became the oldest person in Japan, following the death on Oct. 31 of Kamato Hongo, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Hongo had been Japan's oldest person since 1999 when she was 111.

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(2)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C) of the city of Kagoshima, the world's oldest person, receives flowers from Kagoshima Governor Tatsuro Suga (L) in a photo taken in April 2002. Hongo died on Oct. 31 at the age of 116 in a hospital in Kagoshima.

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(3)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, the world's oldest person, is presented with her Guinness Book of Records certificate in a photo taken in September 2002. She died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31. Hongo was known for her routine of sleeping for two consecutive days and then staying awake for the next two days.

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(1)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The world's oldest person, Kamato Hongo (in an undated file photo) of the city of Kagoshima, died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31, city officials said. Hongo, born in 1887 in the town of Isen on Tokunoshima Island, Kagaoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, was certified as the world's oldest person in March last year by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Hongo is oldest in Japan for 5th straight year

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (L), who will turn 116 on Sept. 16, talks with family members in her home in the city of Kagoshima on Sept. 9. Hongo is the oldest person in Japan for the fifth straight year.

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Guinness mails world's oldest woman certificate to Hongo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, a 115-year-old resident of Kagoshima, receives a certificate Sept. 24 that officially recognizes her as the oldest living female in the Guinness Book of World Records. The certificate, mailed by the British publication, reached Hongo six months after she became the world's oldest person when 115-year-old American Maude Farris-Luse died March 18.

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World's oldest person marks 115th birthday

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (undated file photo), a resident of the city of Kagoshima, turns 115 years old on Sept. 16, marking her first birthday since she became the world's oldest person, according to the Guinness Book of Records, in March.

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World's oldest woman honored by Kagoshima city

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C), a 114-year-old Japanese woman who became the world's oldest person in March, receives a certificate of honorary citizenship from Kagoshima Mayor Yoshinori Akasaki at an award ceremony in a school gymnasium close to her home in the town of Tamasato on April 14. Around 1,300 people who attended the ceremony cheered for Hongo and she responded with a smile.

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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.

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114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

NEW YORK, United States - Kamato Hongo (photo), a 114-year-old woman in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, became the oldest person in the world on March 18 following the death of Maude Farris-Luse in Coldwater, Michigan, at the age of 115 years and 56 days.

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Oldest Japanese, Hongo, to turn 114

TOKYO, Japan - Kamato Hongo (file photo), a Kagoshima resident who will turn 114 on Sept. 16, tops the most elderly list of Japanese for the third year in a row, according to a government survey released on Sept. 11 prior to Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 15. The survey showed that the number of Japanese aged 100 or older by the end of this month will be a record high 15,475, with women accounting for over 80%.

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Japan's oldest person turns 113 in Sept.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, Japan's oldest person who turns 113 on Sept. 16, is pictured at her home in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 6. A survey conducted by the government to mark Respect for the Elderly Day on Sept. 15 found that the number of Japanese centenarians will hit a record high of 13,036 in September.

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Japan's centenarian population to total record 11,346

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Kamato Hongo, who will turn 112 on Sept. 16., dances to local music at her home in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6. The government has announced the population of centenarians in Japan is poised to total a record 11,346 in September.

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114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

NEW YORK, United States - Kamato Hongo (photo), a 114-year-old woman in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, became the oldest person in the world on March 18 following the death of Maude Farris-Luse in Coldwater, Michigan, at the age of 115 years and 56 days.

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(2)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C) of the city of Kagoshima, the world's oldest person, receives flowers from Kagoshima Governor Tatsuro Suga (L) in a photo taken in April 2002. Hongo died on Oct. 31 at the age of 116 in a hospital in Kagoshima. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The world's oldest person, Kamato Hongo (in an undated file photo) of the city of Kagoshima, died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31, city officials said. Hongo, born in 1887 in the town of Isen on Tokunoshima Island, Kagaoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, was certified as the world's oldest person in March last year by the Guinness Book of Records. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima woman listed as world's oldest person at 114

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Guinness Book of Records has listed 114-year-old Mitoyo Kawate (file photo) of Hiroshima city as the world's oldest person. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture on May 15, 1889, Kawate became the world's oldest person after Kamato Hongo of Kagoshima died of pneumonia Oct. 31 at the age of 116.

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Japan's oldest person after Hongo's death

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows Mitoyo Kawate, 114, of the city of Hiroshima, who became the oldest person in Japan, following the death on Oct. 31 of Kamato Hongo, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Hongo had been Japan's oldest person since 1999 when she was 111. (Kyodo)

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(3)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, the world's oldest person, is presented with her Guinness Book of Records certificate in a photo taken in September 2002. She died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31. Hongo was known for her routine of sleeping for two consecutive days and then staying awake for the next two days. (Kyodo)

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Hongo is oldest in Japan for 5th straight year

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (L), who will turn 116 on Sept. 16, talks with family members in her home in the city of Kagoshima on Sept. 9. Hongo is the oldest person in Japan for the fifth straight year. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest person marks 115th birthday

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (undated file photo), a resident of the city of Kagoshima, turns 115 years old on Sept. 16, marking her first birthday since she became the world's oldest person, according to the Guinness Book of Records, in March. (Kyodo)

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Oldest Japanese, Hongo, to turn 114

TOKYO, Japan - Kamato Hongo (file photo), a Kagoshima resident who will turn 114 on Sept. 16, tops the most elderly list of Japanese for the third year in a row, according to a government survey released on Sept. 11 prior to Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 15. The survey showed that the number of Japanese aged 100 or older by the end of this month will be a record high 15,475, with women accounting for over 80%.

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Japan's oldest person turns 113 in Sept.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, Japan's oldest person who turns 113 on Sept. 16, is pictured at her home in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 6. A survey conducted by the government to mark Respect for the Elderly Day on Sept. 15 found that the number of Japanese centenarians will hit a record high of 13,036 in September.

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Japan's centenarian population to total record 11,346

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Kamato Hongo, who will turn 112 on Sept. 16., dances to local music at her home in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6. The government has announced the population of centenarians in Japan is poised to total a record 11,346 in September.