BIOGRAPHY

Suzuki was born in Japan on 26 March 1905 and died in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture on 11 December 2017 at the age of 112 years, 260 days.

At the time of her death, Suzuki was the third-oldest person ever to die in Chiba after Sato Nagaoka and Kō Iijima.

RECOGNITION

In September 2017, Suzuki was reported as Chiba’s oldest resident. It is believed that she gained this title in July of that year after the death of the aforementioned Sato Nagaoka. Following her own death, the title passed to Natsu Kazato, then aged 111.

Suzuki’s age was verified by Wacław Jan Kroczek, Tom Li, and Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), and was validated by the GRG on 19 October 2017.

ATTRIBUTION

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