118-year-old oldest Japanese grandmother “The secret to longevity is food-study”

-Japan’s grandmother Tanaka Kane, who holds the Guinness record for the oldest in the world, celebrated her 118th birthday on the 2nd.

According to Kyodo News, Grandma Tanaka, who lives in a nursing facility in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, got up at 7am as usual on the morning of her 118th birthday, and after a light breakfast, she drank her favorite cola. He loves chocolate and soda, and is known to be fond of solving simple math problems.

Born in January 1903, he married Hideo Tanaka in 1922 and had four children and one adopted child. After her husband died in 1993, she overcame cataract surgery at the age of 90 and colon cancer at the age of 103. In particular, it is famous for surprising the doctor by saying “I want to drink beer” after surgery for colon cancer.

In an interview, he said, “The secret to longevity is to eat delicious food and study,” and “The goal is to live healthy until the age of 120.” The only confirmed person who lived over the age of 120 is French grandmother Jean Calmain, who died at the age of 122 in 1997. American grandmother Seranaus died in 1999 at the age of 119. Grandma Tanaka told Fukuoka Mayor Takashima, who visited the facility in September last year, “I have never thought of dying.” Grandma Tanaka was recognized as the’oldest surviving world’ by Guinness World Records in England at the age of 116 years and 66 days in March two years ago. It also has a record of the oldest in Japan, a country with longevity. It is known that the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is also reviewing Grandma Tanaka as a torch-bearer for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to open in July this year in order to emphasize Japan’s longevity image.