Kamato Hongo Hongō Kamato, September 16, 1887 – October 31, 2003) was apparently the world's oldest recognized living person from March 2002 until her death. She lived in Kagoshima, on Japan's most southerly major island Kyūshū. She celebrated her possible 116th birthday the month before her death from pneumonia. Born on the small island of Tokunoshima, home of Shigechiyo Izumi, she later moved to Kagoshima on Kyūshū, … Wikipedia
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