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Japanese woman turns 117 years old, extends record as world's oldest person

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/01/08/20200108-kane-tanaka-rtr.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, smiles as a nursing home celebrates three days after her 117th birthday in Fukuoka, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo January 5, 2020. Kyodo/via Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>TOKYO - Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world&#x27;s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.Tanaka marked her birthday with a party on Sunday along with staff and friends at the nursing home, television footage from local broadcaster TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co showed.Tanaka, whose birthday was on Jan. 2, took a bite from a slice of her big birthday cake. &quot;Tasty,&quot; she said with a smile. &quot;I want some more.&quot;Tanaka was last year confirmed as the oldest living person, aged 116 years 66 days old as of March 9, according to Guinness World Records.Tanaka&#x27;s record age is symbolic of Japan&#x27;s fast-ageing population, which coupled with its falling birthrate is raising concerns about labor shortages and prospects for future economic growth.The number of babies born in Japan fell an estimated 5.9% last year to fewer than 900,000 for the first time since the government started compiling data in 1899, according to Japan&#x27;s welfare ministry.Tanaka was born prematurely in 1903 and married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, Guinness World Records said. The couple had four children and adopted a fifth.

Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.