Kane Tanaka (田中 カ子, Tanaka Kane, née Ōta (太田); 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miyako on 22 July 2018.
[17] After World War II, the couple continued working in the store, with Kane converting to Christianity under the ministry of pastors stationed by the United States military.
[9][20] Retiring from working at their store at 63, Kane traveled to the United States in the 1970s to visit her relatives in California and Colorado.
[9] Kane lived in a nursing home in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka from September 2018, and was reportedly still in good health on her 118th birthday.
[17] Tanaka died in a hospital in Fukuoka on 19 April 2022, nine days after being verified as the second-oldest person to have lived.
[28] Tanaka had said that she wanted to live to the age of 120, crediting her faith in God, family, sleep, hope, eating good food and practicing mathematics for her longevity.