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| | name = Koto Okubo | |||
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| | birth_date = 24 December 1897<br />(age {{Age in years and days|1897|12|24}}) | |||
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| Oldest living woman | |||
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| '''Koto Okubo'''|大久保 琴|Ōkubo Koto|born 24 December 1897}} is a Japanese ], who at the age of {{age in years and days|1897|12|24}}, is the second-oldest living person, and oldest woman, in the world, behind fellow Japenese supercentenarian ]. The two are the last verified living people born in 1897. | |||
| Koto Okubo became the oldest woman from Japan and Asia after the death of ] on 2 December 2011. But ] did not announce her name officially (The released information was only the residence and age).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/201112/CN2011120201001661.html|title=長寿日本一長谷川さん死去 京都の男性が最高齢に|work=47NEWS|newspaper=]|language={{ja icon}}|date=2 December 2011|accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> Furthermore, at that time, her record was not identified and recognized by the ],<ref name=grg-e>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=Oldest Validated Living Supercentenarians|work=Gerontology Research Group}}</ref> so there was a disagreement in both view. According to the GRG's list, the oldest woman from Japan was Misawo Okawa (]), who is 72 days younger than Okubo. | |||
| The name of Okubo was finally reported by the Japanese press on 14 September 2012,<ref name=sankeibiz20120914>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sankeibiz.jp/econome/news/120914/ecc1209141455001-n2.htm|title=全国の１００歳以上高齢者が初の５万人超え 過去最多更新 最高齢は１１５歳|work=MSN Sankei Biz|newspaper=]|language={{ja icon}}|date=14 September 2012|accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> and on the same day, Okubo was verified and added to the GRG list for ]. | |||
| Now, Okubo lives in a nursing home with her son.<ref name=sankeibiz20120914 /> | |||
| ==Longevity milestones== | |||
| *2 December 2011 – ] died. Koto Okubo, aged 113 years, 343 days, became the oldest living woman and second oldest living person in Japan. She also became the oldest living woman in Asia. | |||
| *14 September 2012 – Koto Okubo, aged 114 years, 265 days, is identified and recognized by the ]<ref name=grg-e /> as the oldest living woman in Japan. | |||
| *16 December 2012 - Okubo became one of the 30 verified oldest people, aged 114 years, 358 days, surpassing ]. | |||
| *17 December 2012 - Okubo became the oldest woman in the world, aged 114 years, 359 days, after ]'s death, as well as the last surviving woman born in 1897. | |||
| <!--Please do not add any premature milestones. We cannot know in advance whether Koto Okubo will die before the date of the milestone.--> | |||
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