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Japan's oldest person turns 114
I don't think many of us will make it to 114, actually I'm not sure that I would want to, but what has this woman got that others don't?
What's the secret to living long?
Oh and, by the way, I don't suppose anyone knows the location of the holy grail, do they?
Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, has turned 114, celebrating her birthday at the Keijuen special nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture where she now resides.
Born in 1893 in Fukuchi in the southwestern Japan prefecture, she was widowed early and raised her five children by selling flowers and vegetables in a coal mining town.
Minagawa now has a daughter, six grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
While she now spends a lot of time in bed, Minagawa is in good spirits and asks about the well-being of nursing home staffers and jokes with them, nursing home staff said.
She loves sweets but often gives them away whenever others are around her. On the days she feels well, she participates in club activities in a wheelchair and moves her body along to music, they said.
I don't think many of us will make it to 114, actually I'm not sure that I would want to, but what has this woman got that others don't?
What's the secret to living long?
Oh and, by the way, I don't suppose anyone knows the location of the holy grail, do they?