116-year-old Japanese Kane Tanaka, recognized as the oldest person by the Guinness World Records on Saturday, finally achieved the dream she had since she was 100.
In a ceremony joined by families and local officials, Tanaka, who lives in a nursing home in Fukuoka City in southern Japan, received the Guinness World Records certificates for both the world’s oldest living person and the world’s oldest living woman.
Tanaka, born on 2 January 1903, cried and said the moment of recognition was the most exciting one in her life.