Japan's oldest died at 113. now the oldest willl most likely be the female from may 1895 or Chiyo Shirashi born August 6, 1895.

It is now confirmed that the oldest japanese is now the Okinawan 112-year-old woman who is likely born May 10th 1895.

where is the evidence that Okinawan 112-year-old woman is now the oldest in Japan?

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The Japanese government keep track on the oldest and release that information to the news. One of the many articles mentioning the 112-year-old Okinawan woman as oldest in Japan is:
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/society/news/2008/04/06/06.html

The birthdate was inferred by older official top-100 lists which included anonymous cases, where the only unaccounted for anonymous case matching criteria such as age and age relative other oldtimers in Japan is a woman born 1895.05.10.

EDIT: Here is an english article saying the same thing:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8...&show_article=1

Is the GRG able to validate the 112-year-old Okinawan woman as oldest in Japan?
Also I thought that the Japanese goverment was required to reveal its oldest person whether or not they are anonymous.
How will we know she is dead?
As far as i know Japan does not has a SSDI listing every few months and also their have been mistakes with anonymous cases.
I she will get some coverage on her 113th birthday.

Very sad news. The "Class of 1894" has really shrunk in recent weeks. Tsuneyo Toyonaga, Arbella Ewing, and now Kaku Yamanaka. That is half of the six people on the GRG list who were born in 1894! I wonder if 1894 might be a year that ends up not producing an "oldest person"? After all 1893 has Edna Parker and Maria de Jesus, I wonder what are the chances of one of these two ladies outliving Gertrude Baines, Clementine Solignac, and Catherine Hagel?

Rest In Peace
I hope that is not the case remember Mr. young predicted that Ms. hagel would die next but she is still living while the other 1894ers have passed away.

Well I remember the class of 1889 in November 2001.

Todde, Chuganji, Kawate, McMorran, Jordan, Beckner, Capovilla and Riudavets. Look how fast that went in 4 years. I wonder how fast 1894-1899 will go.

Remember the top ten list, mid 2000 the top two were from 1885 and we only had one person from 1886 but Ms. Bremont lived to be 115 and the world's oldest person. i think this may be the case Ms. Baines looks like she will reach 115.

That is what the MHW said in 2006. If they do not release the name of the 112-year-old Okinawan then that means they have changed their minds. It was explicitly reported in the news that they would release the name of the oldest, regardless of anonymity, in 2006. <_<

I disagree. The class of 1889 did remarkably well, better than expected...

Chuganji (114)
Kawate (114)
McMorran (113)
Jordan (114)
Benkner (114)
Capovilla (116)
Riudavets (114)

Can you expect more than that? Look at the GRG list now...only three 114-year-olds.

I was being sarcastic. :D