Sweet grandmother Tomiko Itoka left her last breath at the age of 116, according to the city’s municipal authority Asiya (south), where she lived. Tomiko Itoka was the world. Itoka – who had the title of oldest man – had four children and five grandchildren. He died on December 29, in the nursing home where he resided since 2019, the municipality of Asiya, Japan, clarified in a press release. CORVERSE Born on 23 May 1908 in Osaka, within walking distance of Asiya, he was identified as the oldest man in the world after the death in August 2024 of Spanish Maria Branyas Morera at the age of 117. Tomiko Itoka “had given us courage and hope throughout her long life”, commented Asiya Mayor Riosuke Takashima. “We thank her for this,” the 27-year-old official noted. Coming from a three-year family, volleyball player during her youth, Tomiko Itoka experienced wars, pandemics, and technological revolutions. In recent years, he loved bananas and Calpis, a very popular drink in Japan based on lactic fermentation, according to the municipal authority’s press release.
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