Itooka lives in a care home in Ashiya , in northern Japan’s Hyogo province, the department said.
According to the government, she frequently thanks the nursing home staff and expresses memories for her hometown.
” I have no idea at all about what’s the solution of my long living”, Japan’s oldest person, Kiyotaka Mizuno, who is 110, told local media.
Mizuno, who lives with his family in Iwata in northern Japan’s Shizuoka district, gets up at 6.30am every day and eats three dinners a time- without being choosy about his food.
His passion is listening to reside athletics, including sumo wrestling, the department said.
As its population grows, the older population in Japan is rising, and the labor force is shrinking, adding to the growing need for it.
The country’s entire community is 124 million, after declining by 595, 000 year-on-year, according to previous government information.
The state has tried unsuccessfully to stop the population’s drop and aged while progressively increasing the retirement years, with 65 becoming the norm for all companies starting in 2025.