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When it comes to living a long, healthy life, there’s no one better to ask for advice than a 119-year-old Japanese woman.

Such is the case with Kane Tanaka, who has just been named the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records.

In light of her impressive age and a lengthy list of health secrets, we’ve decided to take a look at 10 of Tanaka’s top tips for living a long and happy life.

Keep reading to see what they are!

Facts About Kane Tanaka ( The world’s Oldest Living Person)

Facts About Kane Tanaka

  • Kane Tanaka was born on January 2, 1910, in Japan and turned 119 today (Jan. 2 in Japan). She is the oldest living person and the third oldest human ever.
  • Tanaka has seen and experienced a plethora of historical events, including two world wars and the 1918 Spanish flu.
  • The Japan Times reports that she was born a year before the Russo-Japanese War began.
  • In the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War, which began in 1937, she ran a noodle restaurant to support her family when her husband and eldest son went to fight.
  • A person named Steve Campion tweeting on Twitter handle @scampion wrote “There is only one person still among us who was born before any airplane flew.
  • According to the New York Times, Tanaka has seen five Japanese imperial reigns and two world wars.
  • She was born in the same year that Orville and Wilbur Wright ( Wright brothers) made their first powered flight, and six months before British novelist George Orwell was born. And yet, she is the only person on earth born in 1910 who is still alive.
  • She was born around the same time that American pilot Charles Lindbergh made his landmark flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Tanaka has also lived through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic which is estimated to have killed between 20 and 40 million people worldwide.
  • Tanaka celebrated the new year and her birthday on Sunday at a nursing home in Fukuoka, Japan, according to several Japanese media organizations. She has now set another world record by becoming the world’s oldest person for a second time.

She wants to live to be 120 years old, continuing the process of progressing towards something new. The verified record holder for the longest lifespan is French supercentenarian Jeanne Calment, who lived till she was 122 years old. She passed away in 1997 at the age of 122.

A video of the birthday celebration at the nursing home was caught on camera and uploaded on Twitter.

Here are the pictures of her birthday party.

 

10 Kane Tanaka Secret To Long Life

1) She enjoys being in the company of others, and on a daily basis at the nursing home, she gets up at 6 a.m. She likes to keep her thoughts active, so waking up before most people is not unusual for her.

2) She enjoys number puzzles and spends her day studying math, which is one of her afternoon activities.

3) She ran her family’s grocery stores until she was 103 years old. In fact, Kane Tanaka was preparing to carry the Olympic flame ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

4) Her love for fizzy drinks has not diminished. Her great-granddaughter claims that chocolate and carbonated beverages are the centenarian’s guilty pleasures.

5) Her family, her faith in God, good sleep, being optimistic and hopeful, nutritious food, and mathematical studies are all said to have played a role in her longevity.

6) Kane enjoys a game of Othello, and she’s become an expert at the classic board game, frequently defeating the staff according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

7) Kane Tanaka has a loving family, but he resides in a care facility and had last seen his great-granddaughter in December, owing to the ravaging COVID-19 epidemic.

8) Kane Tanaka is a Japanese citizen and has the distinction of being a member of a nation with some of the world’s highest life expectancy statistics, according to the World Health Organization: 84.2 years.

9) If you’ve ever been lucky enough to have a meal with an Okinawan elder. You will normally  hear them chant this Confucian-inspired saying before beginning the meal: 

“Hara Hachi Bu“— a simple reminder to stop eating when your stomachs are 80 percent full. This cultural practice of calorie limitation and mindful consumption may be part of the reason why Japan has a greater percentage of centenarians than anywhere else on the planet.

10)The Japanese diet is primarily based on fermented foods, roots, greens, and fish. This also contributes to a high intake of Omega-3 fatty acids, which are thought to decrease the risk of heart disease in people who consume them.

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Why Do Some People Live Long and Others Don’t?

The primary reason is it depends on how we treat our body and what we eat. To the point if we eat unhealthily, i.e. lots of fat and sugar with little vegetables and fruits, we may eventually die younger than those who ate healthy all their life.

Smoking and drinking also affect our health significantly as well as being overweight.

Beyond that, other reasons include how much we exercise and other things relating to physical health as well as mental health.

In general, the earlier someone dies the less healthy they were in life. The older someone is when they die the healthier their life was.

I am of the opinion that eating unhealthy is probably the biggest reason people die young.

Here Are Some Facts About The Japanese Diet

The Japanese have among the lowest rates of coronary heart disease of any developed nation, due in part to their low-fat diet.

The Japanese diet is primarily based on fish, vegetables, and rice with a small amount of meat.

The Japanese diet is based on the traditional cuisine of Japan. It consists mainly of rice with miso soup and other dishes, each in relatively small portions.

Butter and cream are rarely used in Japanese cooking, and most meals are likely to be steamed rice or vegetables.

It is recognized that many modern Japanese dishes share the same characteristics as traditional ones though there has been a change of taste over time which might reflect evolving consumer preference and changes in food supply and distribution patterns.

The Japanese typically eat three meals a day, usually comprising fish or meat, a bowl of rice, vegetables, and soup. They often have snacks that consist of small portions of meat or fish in addition to several kinds of vegetable dishes.

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