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| {{Nihongo|'''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 oldest woman in the world and the second oldest living person in the world. She is also Japan's second oldest living person behind ]. Along with Kimura, she is one of the last two verified living people born in 1897. | |||
| Koto Okubo became the oldest woman from Japan and Asia after the death of ] on 2 December 2011. ] did not announce her name officially (only her residence and age were released).<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> According to the GRG's list, the oldest woman from Japan was Misawo Okawa (]), who is 71 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 and ]. | |||
| 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 - ] died. Okubo aged 114 years, 359 days, became the oldest living and the last known female born in 1897. | |||
| *24 December 2012 - Koto Okubo became the 29th verified person in history to reach age 115. | |||
| == References == | |||
| <references /> | |||
| {{Category:1897 births}} | |||
| {{Category:Living people}} | |||
| {{Category:Japanese supercentenarians}} | |||
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