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Tane Matsubara

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Tane Matsubara
Tane Matsubara
Matsubara (aged 112) in September 2022
Birth: 15 October 1909
Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Death: 16 January 2024
Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Age: 114 years, 93 days
Country: JapanJPN
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Tane Matsubara [Japanese: 松原タネ] (15 October 1909 – 16 January 2024) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Tane Matsubara was born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan on 15 October 1909. She was the eldest of ten children. At the age of 20, she got married and had eight children (five sons and three daughters). Following her marriage, she lived in Imakane in Hiyama Subprefecture. In 1936, she moved to Biratori, where she was selling tofu.

In her late life, Matsubara lived with her sons in Tomakomai and Hidaka, until she moved into the nursing home in Tomakomai in 2007. In October 2019, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.

Even as a supercentenarian, Matsubara was able to read newspapers, and if there was a character she didn't know, she would ask around and learn. As of 2022, she had 18 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

Tane Matsubara died from old age in Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan at the age of 114 years, 93 days. At the time of her death, She was the oldest known living resident of the prefecture, and the third-oldest validated living person in Japan, after Tomiko Itooka and Okagi Hayashi.

Recognition

After 112-year-old Take Taniguchi of Muroran went into limbo on 1 December 2021, Matsubara became the oldest living person in Hokkaido Prefecture.

Matsubara's age was verified by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) and Yumi Yamamoto, and validated by the GRG on 22 January 2023.

On 3 October 2023, at the age of 113 years, 353 days, Matsubara surpassed the final age of Hatsue Ono, becoming the oldest person ever to have lived in Hokkaido Prefecture.

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