Miyako is her friend, but she's still a kid.
The previous oldest living person was another Japanese woman,
Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at age 117.
The previous oldest living person was also a Japanese woman,
Chiyo Miyako, who died in July aged 117.
Miyako, born on 02nd May 1901,
became the world's oldest person in April after Nabi Tajima from the Kikai island in southern Japan died at age 117.
Miyako, born on May 2,
1901, became the world's oldest person in April after Nabi Tajima, a fellow Japanese national from the southern Kikai island, died at age 117.
Miyako, born on May 2,
1901, became the oldest person in the world in April after Nabi Tajima, a Japanese compatriot from southern Kikai Island, died at the age of 117.