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World's 'oldest person' dies in Japan aged 117

World’s oldest person, 117-year-old Nabi Tajima dies. [Photo: Courtesy]

 

A Japanese woman born in the final year of the 19th century and believed to have been the world's oldest person died on Saturday, Kyodo news agency said.

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