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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHINESE WRITER-MA SHITU (CN)

(240406) -- CHENGDU, April 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on July 1, 2022 shows renowned Chinese writer Ma Shitu in southwest China's Sichuan Province. He passed away on the evening of March 28, 2024 at the age of 109. TO GO WITH "Profile: Ma Shitu -- centenarian, renowned author who persisted in writing" (Xinhua)

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Centenarian kisses doctor's hand after recovering from COVID-19

STORY: Centenarian kisses doctor's hand after recovering from COVID-19 DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:20 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the patient and doctors 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG LEI, Physician, First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China STORYLINE: At a provincial hospital in Hefei, central China's Anhui Province, a 101-year-old COVID patient kissed the doctor's hand to express her gratitude before being discharged. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG LEI, Physician, First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China "I left my phone numbers to her family, so we can know her health condition after she was discharged from the hospital at any time." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China. (XHTV)

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Quality dried persimmons for New Year

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Choicest dried persimmons on skewers named "hyakujyu," meaning centenarian, for New Year ornaments are encased in Japanese cypress boxes at Kongobuji, the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, in the Wakayama prefectural town of Koya, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2014.

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Centenarian woman to sing Choral for last time

KOBE, Japan - Centenarian Chiyoko Fujii (C) practices Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with a choir in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, for her final performance the following day in the western Japan city. Her daughter Kazumi Tsukutani is on the right.

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Female centenarian twins receive congratulations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Female twins Tsuki Takashima (L) and Saki Takamiya pose for a photo with flowers in hands in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 23 as they celebrated their 100th birthday with about 50 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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100 mourners pay respects to centenarian twin Gin-san

NAGOYA, Japan - Two relatives of Gin Kanie, the celebrity twin who died of natural causes Feb. 28 at age 108, burn incense for her in a funeral in central Japan's Nagoya on March 2. About 100 mourners turned out to pay their respects to Kanie, who was known simply as ''Gin-san.'' Her twin sister Kin Narita, called ''Kin-san,'' died in January 2000 at age 107.

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Centenarian twin Gin-san dies at 108

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Gin Kanie (L), one of two twin sisters, who died of old age at 108 in the early hours of Feb. 28 at her home in Nagoya, and her sister Kin Narita, known as Kin-san, who died in January 2000 at age 107.

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Centenarian twin Gin-san dies at 108 in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Gin Kanie, one of two twin sisters, who died of old age in the early hours of Feb. 28 at her home in Nagoya. She was 108. The popular twin was nicknamed Gin-san. Her health had deteriorated since her sister Kin Narita, known as Kin-san, died in January last year at age 107.

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Centenarian painter Yuki Ogura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Centenarian painter Yuki Ogura, in this photo taken in July 1998, died of acute respiratory failure at a hospital in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on July 23, her family said July 24. She was 105. Ogura, from Otsu, western Japan, received the Order of Culture in 1980 for her achievements in Japan's native ''Nihonga'' style of painting. She was the second female painter ever to receive the award.

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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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Japan's famous centenarian twins turn 107

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters, Kin-san (R, in wheelchair) and Gin-san, (L) join a tree-planting ceremony in Sapporo Aug. 1 to mark their 107th birthday Aug. 1. The sisters have appeared on numerous television shows and commercials in Japan since turning 100 in 1992. Kin-san has 11 children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren while Gin-san has five children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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When a centenarian mom meets daughter at railway station

STORY: When a centenarian mom meets daughter at railway station DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:08 LOCATION: ANHUI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY STORYLINE: No matter how old you are, you'll always be little in the eyes of your mother. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Anhui, China. (XHTV)

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Centenarian doctor opposes new Japan security legislation

Shigeaki Hinohara, a renowned Japanese doctor, holds a press conference at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital where he serves as honorary president, on Sept. 25, 2015, ahead of his 104th birthday on Oct. 4. Hinohara said he is "absolutely opposed" to controversial security legislation enacted recently to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian doctor opposes new Japan security legislation

Shigeaki Hinohara, a renowned Japanese doctor, holds a press conference at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital where he serves as honorary president, on Sept. 25, 2015, ahead of his 104th birthday on Oct. 4. Hinohara said he is "absolutely opposed" to controversial security legislation enacted recently to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian doctor opposes new Japan security legislation

Shigeaki Hinohara, a renowned Japanese doctor, gestures during a press conference at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital where he serves as honorary president, on Sept. 25, 2015, ahead of his 104th birthday on Oct. 4. Hinohara said he is "absolutely opposed" to controversial security legislation enacted recently to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese centenarian woman swims 1,500 meters in masters meet

Mieko Nagaoka, a 100-year-old Japanese swimmer, celebrates after successfully swimming 1,500 meters in 1 hour, 15 minutes, 54.39 seconds in a masters swimming competition in Matsuyama, western Japan, on April 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese centenarian woman swims 1,500 meters in masters meet

Mieko Nagaoka (R), a 100-year-old Japanese swimmer, is seen after successfully swimming 1,500 meters in 1 hour, 15 minutes, 54.39 seconds in a masters swimming competition in Matsuyama, western Japan, on April 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Centenarian Prince Mikasa mourned at funeral in Tokyo

Princess Yuriko (in wheelchair) leaves after praying at the Shinto funeral service for her husband Prince Mikasa at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. Prince Mikasa died aged 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Centenarian Prince Mikasa mourned at funeral in Tokyo

Princess Yuriko (in wheelchair) prays at the Shinto funeral service for her husband Prince Mikasa at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. Prince Mikasa died aged 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian Prince Mikasa mourned at funeral in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako leave after praying at the Shinto funeral service for Prince Mikasa at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. Princess Mikasa died aged 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Centenarian Prince Mikasa mourned at funeral in Tokyo

Prince Akishino (L) and his wife Princess Kiko arrive to pray at the Shinto funeral service for Prince Mikasa at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. Prince Mikasa died aged 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian journalist honored with belated university diploma

Centenarian journalist Takeji Muno (far L, front row) poses for a memorial photo after belatedly receiving a diploma at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Tokyo's western suburb of Chofu on Oct. 31, 2015. Looking back on his university years, Muno, who entered the university's predecessor in 1932, said he was in a miserable situation as he lived through the era of militarism that toyed with the fate of an individual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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100-year-old journalist gets his university diploma at long last

Centenarian journalist Takeji Muno finally receives his university diploma and hoists it at a ceremony at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Tokyo's western suburb of Chofu on Oct. 31, 2015. Muno graduated from the university's predecessor in 1936, but a commencement ceremony was canceled due to an abortive but bloody coup that threw the Japanese capital into confusion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female centenarian twins receive congratulations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Female twins Tsuki Takashima (L) and Saki Takamiya pose for a photo with flowers in hands in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 23 as they celebrated their 100th birthday with about 50 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. (Kyodo)

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Centenarian painter Yuki Ogura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Centenarian painter Yuki Ogura, in this photo taken in July 1998, died of acute respiratory failure at a hospital in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on July 23, her family said July 24. She was 105. Ogura, from Otsu, western Japan, received the Order of Culture in 1980 for her achievements in Japan's native ''Nihonga'' style of painting. She was the second female painter ever to receive the award.

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Quality dried persimmons for New Year

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Choicest dried persimmons on skewers named "hyakujyu," meaning centenarian, for New Year ornaments are encased in Japanese cypress boxes at Kongobuji, the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, in the Wakayama prefectural town of Koya, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Centenarian woman to sing Choral for last time

KOBE, Japan - Centenarian Chiyoko Fujii (C) practices Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with a choir in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, for her final performance the following day in the western Japan city. Her daughter Kazumi Tsukutani is on the right. (Kyodo)

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Centenarian donates life work and more to Vermont college

NEWBURGH, United States - Hideichi Oshiro, who donated his life's work to Goddard College in Vermont, shows his artist workspace to Kyodo News during an interview in his Newburgh, New York home on Dec. 1, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Centenarian donates life work and more to Vermont college

NEWBURGH, United States - Goddard College President Barbara Vacarr looks through a book of poetry by Hideichi Oshiro, part of a donation by Oshiro to the school, during an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 14, 2011 in her Plainfield, Vermont office. (Kyodo)

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Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's centenarian doctor, dies at 105

Tsuguya Fukui, head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 18, 2017, after Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of the hospital, died from respiratory failure at 105. Hinohara died at his home in Tokyo after declining steps to extend his life, Fukui said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's centenarian doctor, dies at 105

File photo taken in November 2005 shows Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, speaking at a press conference at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo after receiving the Order of Culture from the government. Hinohara died from respiration failure on July 18, 2017 at age 105. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's centenarian doctor, dies at 105

File photo taken in October 2016 shows Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, cutting a cake in Taipei on his 105th birthday on Oct. 29, 2016. Hinohara died from respiration failure on July 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's centenarian doctor, dies at 105

Tsuguya Fukui, head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 18, 2017, after Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of the hospital, died from respiratory failure at 105. Hinohara died at his home in Tokyo after declining steps to extend his life, Fukui said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's centenarian doctor, dies at 105

Photo taken in April 2014 shows Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo who continued practicing as a doctor after turning 100. Hinohara died from respiration failure on July 18, 2017, at age 105. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian Prince Mikasa mourned at funeral in Tokyo

The main funeral ceremony for Prince Mikasa, seen in this undated photo, was held at a cemetery for the imperial family in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. The uncle of Emperor Akihito died on Oct. 27 at age 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Centenarian Prince Mikasa mourned at funeral in Tokyo

People pay their respects at the funeral service for Prince Mikasa at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. Prince Mikasa died aged 100. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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100 mourners pay respects to centenarian twin Gin-san

NAGOYA, Japan - Two relatives of Gin Kanie, the celebrity twin who died of natural causes Feb. 28 at age 108, burn incense for her in a funeral in central Japan's Nagoya on March 2. About 100 mourners turned out to pay their respects to Kanie, who was known simply as ''Gin-san.'' Her twin sister Kin Narita, called ''Kin-san,'' died in January 2000 at age 107.

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Centenarian twin Gin-san dies at 108

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Gin Kanie (L), one of two twin sisters, who died of old age at 108 in the early hours of Feb. 28 at her home in Nagoya, and her sister Kin Narita, known as Kin-san, who died in January 2000 at age 107.

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Kin-san of Japan's centenarian twin-sister fame dies+

NAGOYA, Japan - Kin Narita (R), one of Japan's eldest twin sisters, dies of heart failure at her home in Nagoya Jan. 23 morning at age 107. This is a file photo taken in December 1998 showing Kin-san, as Narita was popularly known in Japan, sharing a laugh with her sister, Gin-san, at Kin-san's home in Nagoya.

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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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Japan's famous centenarian twins turn 107

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters, Kin-san (R, in wheelchair) and Gin-san, (L) join a tree-planting ceremony in Sapporo Aug. 1 to mark their 107th birthday Aug. 1. The sisters have appeared on numerous television shows and commercials in Japan since turning 100 in 1992. Kin-san has 11 children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren while Gin-san has five children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.