World's oldest living person celebrates 119th birthday
<p>Japanese woman Kane Takana has turned 119-years-old, making her the world's oldest living person. </p>
<p>Her great-granddaughter Junko Takana took to Twitter to celebrate Kane's incredible milestone, and praising her resilience. </p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“Great achievement. (Kane Tanaka) reached 119 years of age,” Junko tweeted, with a photograph of her great-grandmother, who she saw in December. “I hope you’ll continue to live life cheerfully and to the fullest.”</p>
<p><span>“Birthday gift 1: Introducing the presents received for Kane’s birthday. Really appreciate this gift. Coca-Cola company made a commemorative birthday bottle. It seems (Kane) is still drinking Coca-Cola as usual,” Junko tweeted.</span></p>
<p><span>Kane was gifted the custom bottles from Coca-Cola, with labels displaying her name and age.</span></p>
<p><span>Junko spoke to CNN in March 2021 when Kane was due to carry the Olympic torch ahead of the postponed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. </span></p>
<p><span>“I might be biased because I’m related to her but I think it’s kind of amazing - I wanted to share that with the world and for people to feel inspired and to feel her joy,” Junko said.</span></p>
<p><span>Kane Takana was born in 1903 and married a rice shop owner at 19 years of age, and she continued to work in her family's shop until she was 103. </span></p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Tanaka has lived through a multitude of historical events, surviving two world wars and the 1918 Spanish flu, as well as living through 49 Summer and Winter Olympic Games.</p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“I don’t remember her talking much about the past ... She’s very forward thinking, she really enjoys living in the present,” Tanaka’s grandson, Eiji Tanaka, told CNN last year.</p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><em>Image credits: CNN</em></p>
