This is a file photo of Riko Tanaka taken in Fukuoka, Japan on January 5, 2020. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters
According to Japanese media reports on April 25, Riko Tanaka, who was certified by the Guinness World Records organization as “the world’s oldest living person”, died on the 19th in a hospital in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. , at the age of 119.
As a “post-00” in the last century, Riko Tanaka was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on January 2, 1903. He is the 3rd daughter in the family. If you count brothers, then among 9 children Ranked seventh. From Meiji to Reiwa, Japan has experienced five eras. She suffered from pancreatic cancer at the age of 45 and colorectal cancer at the age of 103. She underwent surgery after both cancers, and she was lucky to avoid cancer and postoperative complications.
Talking about the secret of longevity, Riko Tanaka summed up three reasons for himself: first, playing Go, second, not picky eaters, and third, drinking Coke and coffee. In his later years, Riko Tanaka liked to calculate and play Go in the nursing home.
On March 9, 2019, in Fukuoka, Japan, Riko Tanaka (right) was confirmed by Guinness World Records as “the world’s oldest living man” elder”. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters
Note: Nandu Paike.