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Japan

World's oldest woman turns 117

The world's oldest person Misao Okawa, a mother of three, grandmother of four and great-grandmother of six, turned 117 on Thursday in western Japan. Okawa, one of only a handful of people born in the 19th century and still alive "is looking in good shape", an official at her Osaka nursing home said. Her oldest son Hiroshi is 92 years old.