Tokyo (CNN) – At 118 years old, the person living the longest of the world is preparing to take off the Olympic anthem this May in Japan.
Kane Tanaka, who sobsvivió veces al cancer, vivió dos global pandemias y ama las bebidas gaseosas, tomará la llama opica cuando pase por Shime, en la prefektura de Fukuoka, su hogar.
If the Tanaka family were to be housed in a row of streets during the mayor’s part of its 100-meter highway, the supercentre, a person of more than 110 years, it was decided to build the last pass, and the entrance to the next corridor.
CNN has exclusively with Tanaka, who has a new pair of zapatillas for the event, a shelf for his family and his companions in January.
Kane Tanaka loves baby gasses and plays math games all day long.
“It’s great that she’s addicted to this oath and can maintain an active lifestyle; we want other people to be here and be inspired, and not to think that oath is a barrier », dijo su nieto Eiji Tanaka, who is in his 60s.
The previous record holders for the Olympic antlers more included including Aida Gemanque de Brasil, who increased the antorca in the Verano de Río Games 2016 to 106 years, and the mesa tennis player Alexander Kaptarenko, who corrected with the antorcha in the Winter Games of Sochi 2014 to the 101 years.
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The life of a supercentenaria
Tanaka nation in 1903, the year in which the pioneers of the Orville aviation in Wilbur Wright hiccuped history to complete the first motorized flight of the world.
Tuv cuatro hijos con el dueño de una tienda de arroz con el que se caso a los 19 años y trabajó en la tienda familiar hasta los 103. Tiene cinco nietos y ocho bisnietos.
Vivió dos guerras worldial y la gripe española van 1918, aunque su nieto Eiji dijo: «No la recuerdo hablando mucho sober el pasade … Tiene mucha vision de futuro, realmente disfruta vivir en el presente».
And there is the same oath as the modern Olympic Games, which began in 1896.
When the Olympic Games took place in Tokyo in 1964, Tanaka was 61 years old. On the contrary, the vernacular and winter editions of the games, the Olympic Games of this year will be number 49 of its life.
Tanaka now lives in a hogar of seniors, but generally despairs at 6 am and enjoys playing the game of strategic Othello. The Tanaka family, who have not been able to visit for 18 months due to the covid-19 pandemic, said that they maintain their curiosity and their maths in order to maintain their healthy mind and healthy body.
Kane Tanaka, 32 years old in 1935, in the center of the first lane.
Tanaka no es de ninguna manera la unica centenaria de Japón.
For the first time this year, Japan has registered more than 80,000 centenarians, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Peace of the Netherlands, which marks the 50th annual increase.
In 2020, one in 1,565 people in Japan will have more than 100 years, more than 88% of them women.
In Japan, the women have a life expectancy of 87.4 years compared to 81.4 years of men, according to the Gobierno figures published in July 2020.
In 2019, the Guinness Book of World Records certified in Tanaka as the person living the most life in the world, and now has the miracle in another hit: the record of the most ancient person who lived has a female French woman, who died loose 122 years. “(Kane) dijo que quiere romper ese récord”, dijo Eiji Tanaka, su nieto.
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Connecting generations
The Tanaka family says they have not been training for the relevance of the Antorcha, but are emotional about being part of the Olympic Games.
“She always sang the festivals,” said Eiji Tanaka.
For advice that his participation in Mayo, sponsored by a Japanese life insurance company, depends on his health and climatic conditions.
The release of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Antorca resumed due to the commencement pandemic in the Fukushima prefecture on March 25, with various counter-measures of covid-19 in force, announcing the passing of the authorities.
The Antorca will first encounter the affected regions by the 2011 devastating devastation and tsunami of Tohoku, marking the first anniversary of the disaster, before traveling “by all the Japanese rivers”, the authorities said.
Included coronavirus restrictions include closed spaces, screened-in booths, and closed contact areas.
Those who want to see the relevance from the board of directors will have to wear masks, stay at home if they are ill and abstain from traveling to the prefecture while living.
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También se ha dicho a los spectatores que «apoyen con aplausos … en lugar de gritando o vitoreando». The relevance is transmitted live in line.
The carriers of the antorcha deberán complete a diary health verification list of weeks before the relevant and abstaining from activities that can involve a risk of infection, such as selling or going to competing places, will meet the authorities.
The business of Tanaka, Junko Tanaka, created an account of Twitter in 2020 to celebrate the life of supercentenaria.
Twittea photos of his bisabuela discussing golosinas like pastels and refreshments, and sharing his logs and exchanges that he has with his relatives.
“I started posting on Twitter about the pig because it is quite surprising that the 118-year-old baby Coca-Cola and the Othello game”, says Junko Tanaka. “Podría is part of the family because she’s married to her, but she’s crazy about everything. Quería shares this with the world and that the people are inspired and feel their allegory ».