World’s Oldest Person Dies Peacefully at 117
Japan has the most centenaries in the world, with more than 58,000, of which 87 percent are women, as per the recent survey by the government.
Japan's Misao Okawa was recognized as the world's oldest living person by the Guinness World Records. She was aided by her nursing home staff and had recently celebrated her 117th birthday.
However, Misao Okawa breathe her last on the 1st day of April 2015. She had lost her appetite for about ten days and died of heart failure and stopped breathing as relatives and nursing home workers stood by her side and praised her achieving a long, healthy life, said Tomohiro Okada, an official at her Osaka nursing home.
"She went so peacefully, as if she had just fallen asleep," Okada said. "We miss her a lot."
Misao Okawa married her husband, Yukio, in 1919 and they had two daughters and a son. She was later blessed with four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1931.
Japan's oldest person is now a 115-year-old Tokyo woman, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The name of the woman, who was born March 15, 1900, was not released at the request of her family, the ministry said.
