Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person who was born in the same year as the Wright brothers' first powered flight, celebrated her 118th birthday in southwestern Japan on Saturday.Tanaka, born on Jan. 2, 1903, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person in March 2019 aged 116. Those born in the same year include British novelist George Orwell.She also set an all-time Japanese age record in September last year at 117 years and 261 days.Currently living in a nursing home in Fukuoka, Tanaka celebrated her birthday with other residents. She was pleased and said, …READ FULL ARTICLE
