In March 2019, Guinness's record book confirmed that Tanaka is the world's oldest living person. She then took over the title from compatriot Chiyo Miyako, who expired a few months earlier.
Kane Tanaka has previously stated that she gets up at six every morning, loves the board game Othello and spends her time studying math.
The 117th anniversary was celebrated with cake.
"Good," Kane Tanaka said after taking the first bite.
- I want more.
The oldest in the ages was according to Guinness's record book, Frenchman Jeanne Louise Calment, who at her death in 1997 was 122 years old.