BIOGRAPHY

Chie Ogata was born in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on 3 October 1908. She got married at some point and eventually had 10 children. Her husband, Zenkichi, was a carpenter. She ran a farm while serving meals to her husband’s apprentices.

According to her fourth daughter, she had lived a healthy life with little reliance on medicines. She moved into a nursing home for the first time around the age of 80. In 2012, she was admitted to the hospital’s nursing ward. At the age of 110, she was bedridden.

Chie Ogata passed away in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on 3 July 2020, at the age of 111.

RECOGNITION

Following the death of Tsurue Furuno on 8 July 2019, Ogata became the oldest living person in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Following her death, Shinobu Hayashi became the oldest living person in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Her age was verified by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), as well as Yumi Yamamoto and Yu Li, and validated by LongeviQuest on 25 June 2023.

ATTRIBUTION

* “第1章　高齢化の状況” – Kumamoto Prefecture Elderly Related Materials, 2015

* “五つの元号　歩んで110歳　水俣市の緒方さん県内最高齢で表彰” – Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, 18 September 2019

* “県内最高齢の111歳　緒方チエさん死去” – Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, 4 July 2020

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