116-yr-old Japanese woman recognized as world's oldest person

Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman in the southwestern city of Fukuoka, has been recognized as the world's oldest living person, Guinness World Records said Saturday.Tanaka was born on Jan. 2, 1903, the year the Wright brothers flew the world's first powered airplane. She received the record certificate at a nursing home where she lives the same day.Asked what has been the happiest event in her life, Tanaka told reporters, "It's now."Guinness had been trying to confirm the oldest living person after previous title holder Chiyo Miyako, also a Japanese, died at age 117 last July. The …READ FULL ARTICLE