Summary
Tomiko Itooka died in a nursing home in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture. She became the oldest person in the world after Spain's Maria Branyas Morera passed away in August 2024 at age 117.
Of the country's 124 million people, nearly a third are 65 or older. As of September, Japan counted more than 95,000 people who were 100 or older - 88% of whom were women.
