Haruko Mekaru

	Haruko Mekaru
	; Mekaru on her 112th birthday in 2022
Birth:	5 July 1910; Japan
Death:	21 November 2022; Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Age:	112 years, 139 days
Country:	JPN
	Validated

Haruko Mekaru [Japanese: 銘苅春子] (5 July 1910 – 21 November 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Haruko Mekaru was born in Nanjō City, Okinawa Prefecture, on 5 July 1910. In July 2020, she celebrated her 110th birthday.

At some point in her life, she got married to a skilled master carpenter. Her family witnessed a fierce war during the Pacific War where their place of residence became a battlefield. Fortunately, they are living way off the road, so they sustained minimal damage from the conflict.

In September 2021, Mekaru was reported to be the seventh-oldest living person in Okinawa Prefecture.

She moved into a nursing home where she celebrated her 111th and 112th birthdays while wearing her kimono. Haruko enjoyed sata andagi which is an Okinawan sweet, deep-fried bun similar to a doughnut.

Haruko Mekaru died in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on 21 November 2022, at the age of 112 years, 139 days.

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