| Hama Yasukawa | |
 Hama Yasukawa on her 113th birthday in 2020. | |
| Birth: | 19 January 1907 Japan |
| Death: | 23 May 2021 Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Age: | 114 years, 124 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Hama Yasukawa [Japanese: 安川濱] (19 January 1907 – 23 May 2021) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 14 April 2019. She is currently the third-oldest validated person ever from Hyogo Prefecture, behind an anonymous woman of Miki and Tomiko Itooka.
Biography[]
Hama Yasukawa was born in Japan on 19 January 1907. She lost her parents around the third year of elementary school and went to live and work with her relatives.
Yasukawa's husband died early. They had two children (son and daughter). At the age of 27, she lived and worked in Osaka with two children. Her son got a job at a shipping company, but Yasukawa continued working until retirement.
Yasukawa became the oldest living person in Hyogo Prefecture following the death of 111-year old Matsue Kimura on 13 June 2018. On her 113th birthday in 2020, she was visited by the Mayor of Takarazuka, Tomoko Nakagawa. At that time, she had four grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
Hama Yasukawa died in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 114 years, 124 days. At the time of her death, she was the third-oldest living person in Japan, after Kane Tanaka and Yoshi Otsunari. Upon her death, a 114-year-old anonymous woman (of Miki) became the oldest known living person in Hyogo Prefecture.
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- 兵庫の最高齢１１１歳、洲本市の女性死去 Sankei News, 14 June 2018
- 「宝塚の誇り」県内最高齢１１３歳の女性、市長が祝福 神戸新聞NEXT, 22 February 2020
- 兵庫県内最高齢の女性が死去 神戸新聞NEXT, 11 June 2021