Misao Okawa, who is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest woman, receives a birthday cake during her 115th birthday celebration at Kurenai Nursing Home on March 5, 2013 in Osaka, Japan. Okawa was born in Tenma, Osaka on March 5, 1898. A descendent of Kimono merchants, she married in 1919 and had three children, of which a daughter and a son are still alive, and four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. By Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images.
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