An American woman named Gertrude Baines was the oldest person in the world.
But, unfortunately, she died yesterday.
She was 115 years old.
The late Gertrude Baines (1894 Apr 6 - 2009 Sep 11), RIP
(I wrote a post in which I mention Ms. Baines (and I also mention the world’s oldest man in the post)…click here to read it).
Gertrude Baines was born on 1894 April 6 and lived until 2009 September 11. One hundred fifteen years and 158 days.
She held the world record of oldest living person from 2009 January 2 until she died.
On her last birthday, she was asked what her secret of longevity was and she credited eating bacon, fried chicken and ice cream!
Now, since yesterday, the world’s oldest person is a Japanese woman named 知念カマ (Kama Chinen).
She was born on 1895 May 10. So, as of today, she is 114 years and 125 days old.
The world's oldest person, as of 2009 Sep 11...Kama Chinen of Japan.
It’s a coincidence that the world’s oldest person would go to a Japanese person in September, as September 21st is the Japanese holiday 「敬老の日」 (“Respect For The Aged Day“).
(Click here to read my short FAQ about it).
Tokyo Five 
If Kama Chinen were still alive, today would be her 118th birthday!
But she died days before her 115th birthday.
(Click here to read a post that I wrote about it.)
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Actually the U.S. has the most centenarians, with over 96,000.
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Yes, America has the most people over the age of 100 (aprox. 96,000 people)
and Japan has the second most number of people over the age of 100 (aprox 40,000 people).
But the proportion of centenarians to the general population of each country are about equal.
America has about 2.4 times the population of Japan…and about 2.4 times the number of centenarians of those in Japan.
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Amazing to live that long. She looks very good also.
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Yes, both ladies look healthy in the photos.
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Well I agree with that fact too ^_^ how about tofu ?
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Yes, Tofu is good for you.
And delicious…especially when it’s very fresh!
Do you like Nattou?
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Ive tried Nattou before but it was served either on top of the sushi or in the miso soup. I kind of like the taste of it actually ..maybe I’ll go to the Japanese food section at the Supermarket tomorrow and look for it. What does it go nicely with ?
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It can be eaten many ways…my personal favorite is Natto on rice with Kimuchi on top of it all.
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And Japan has the most number of people who are over 100 with over 40,000 … see http://bit.ly/19WKGe
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Must be Japan’s healthy diet!
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Consisting for raw fish 🙂
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…and Nattou! 😉
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