世界最長壽老人於日本去世 享年117歲

The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died.

現今世界上最長壽的人、一位117歲的日本女性於日前逝世。

Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital last Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January.

日本南部喜界鎮的官員Susumu Yoshiyuki表示，田島鍋於上週六晚在該鎮一家醫院去世。她自1月以來一直在該院住院治療。

Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th century. She raised seven sons and two daughters and reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren.

田島鍋出生於1900年月4日，是已知世上僅存的於19世紀出生的人。她養育了七個兒子和兩個女兒，據報道她有160多個後代，其中包括曾曾孫。

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Her town of Kikai is a small island of about 7,000 people halfway between Okinawa and Kyushu.

她居住的喜界鎮是一座小島，位於沖繩島和九州島之間，人口約7000人。

The US-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, is now the world's oldest person in its records.

位於美國的老年學研究小組表示，另一名日本女性，都千代，現在是在冊記錄中世界上年齡最大的人。

Guinness World Records certified 112-year-old Masazo Nonaka of northern Japan as the world's oldest man earlier this month.

在本月的早些時候，吉尼斯世界紀錄將居住在日本北部的112歲的Madazo Nonaka認證爲世界上年齡最大的男子。