BIOGRAPHY

Kama Chinen was born in Okinawa, Japan on 10 May 1895.

She became the oldest known living person in Okinawa after the death of Nahe Oshiro on 20 May 2006.

Kama Chinen died in Nanjo, Okinawa, Japan on 2 May 2010, at the age of 114 years, 357 days, just eight days short of her 115th birthday.

RECOGNITION

Chinen’s age was verified by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) and Hamish Todd, and was validated by the GRG on 20 September 2008.

ATTRIBUTION

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