Koto Okubo facts for kids

Koto Okubo (December 24, 1897 – January 12, 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the second-oldest living person in the world. She was the second-oldest Japanese woman and the third-oldest Japanese. She was the last living woman to be born in 1897. She was the oldest living woman in the world.

Okubo was born on December 24, 1897 in Japan. She had a son. Okubo died on January 12, 2013 in a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan from pneumonia, aged 115.

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  Chiyono Hasegawa (1896–2011), a resident of Saga, was one of hundreds of Japanese women to have lived past 110 years. She is pictured here in September 2010. She was the oldest person in Japan. She died at 115 years, 12 days.