a great-grandmother from the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is rushing to be recognized as the world's oldest living person by the Guinness World Records.

About a week after the death of the oldest person in the world, a Brazilian nun named Inah Canabarro Lucas has been named the world’s oldest person alive at 116 years old. RELATED: Bessie Hendricks, ...

29, who died from natural causes. After her death, Japan’s oldest living person became 115-year-old Okagi Hayashi, who lives in the Gifu Prefecture. Lucas celebrated her 110th birthday in 2018 ...

After the death of Japan's Tomiko Itooka in December 2024, 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas became the world's oldest living person.

Inah Canabarro Lucas is now recognized as both the oldest living woman and the oldest living person after Tomiko Itooka's passing Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated ...

TOKYO — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...

Cancel anytime. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. TOKYO ...

Tomiko was named the oldest living woman and oldest living person in August 2024 after the previous titleholder, 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera, died. LongeviQuest representatives visited her ...

A Brazilian nun, known for her love of football and her warm personality, has been confirmed as the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 years old. Sister Inah Canabarro grew up so frail ...

A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan.Video above: Inah Canabarro has become ...