Japan’s Oldest Person turns 114

Japan’s oldest person, Yone Minagawa, turned 114 on Thursday, celebrating her birthday at the Keijuen special nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture where she now resides.

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Born in 1893 in Fukuchi in the southwestern Japan prefecture, she was widowed early and raised her five children by selling flowers and vegetables in a coal mining town.

Minagawa now has a daughter, six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

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