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Japan is known for the longevity of its people and has been home to several oldest title holders. (Photo: AFP)

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'World's oldest person' dies in Japan at 117

Japan is known for the longevity of its people and has been home to several oldest title holders.

22 April 2018 7:50 PM IST

This Sept. 2015 photo shows Nabi Tajima, the worlds oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman. (Photo: AP)

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World's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117

She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica.

22 April 2018 9:45 AM IST

$In this Aug. 23, 2018 photo, 117-year-old Julia Flores Colque plays with \Chiquita,\ one of the family pet dogs, while sitting outside her home in Sacaba, Bolivia.(Photo: AP)$ Life

Bolivian woman might be world's oldest at nearly 118

She has witnessed two world wars, revolutions in her native Bolivia.

28 Aug 2018 11:52 AM IST