To continue living a full life at the age of 119. This is what our heroine is currently doing.

The long-liver was born on January 2, 1903 in a large family and now lives in Fukuoka, Japan’s south-west. For many years, the woman has followed the same daily routine: she gets up at 6 a.m. and does math. Kane Tanka, in particular, enjoys the board game Othello.

Kate herself has four children from her marriage with Hideo Tanaka, whom she married in 1922. The fifth child was later adopted by the couple. The long-liver now lives in a special home for the elderly, and she has every chance of catching up to, and possibly overtaking, the Earth’s oldest inhabitant, Jeanne Louise Calment, who has been here for 122 years.

By the way, before Kane Tanaka, the compatriot Chiyo Miyako, who passed away at the age of 117, was considered the oldest inhabitant of the planet.

Until the last days, Tiyo was very active and sociable, she was engaged in calligraphy and cooking. On the Youtube channel, the woman kept her blog, in which she shared simple and original Indian cooking recipes with Internet users.