This year, Monday 16 September 2024 will be the "Respect for the Aged Day" (or 敬老の日,keirō no hi) in Japan. As reports are already publicly (and also privately) coming in, this thread has also been started.Keirō no hiis an annual celebration held on the third Monday of September, when the elderly citizens of each designated town are celebrated. This means that during the course of September, all prefectures (but also many cities, towns, and villages) publish reports about their oldest citizens - the content of these reports has subsequently been depicted below, if it was reported publicly.
I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Japanese (and other) members reporting these updates. Do note that if updates are only made privately, I cannot post about them.
Legend: Aboldentry indicates a supercentenarian. Ablueentry indicates a man. Agreenentry indicates an incomplete date of birth. Aredentry indicates this person has died since being on the list; this post (click!) lists deceased and/or limbo supercentenarians. Apurpleentry indicates this person is currently in limbo; his or her survival status is unknown.
Note 1: All ages given for (super)centenarians are as of their LAST PUBLICLY REPORTED SURVIVAL STATUS. Note 2: Ages under 109 for women and 108 for men are not given, unless the oldest (wo)man in the prefecture is not that old, or unless the prefecture releases a ‘top 10’ or ‘top 20’ for the prefecture. Note 3: Sources for the information have been reported on the 110 Club, or elsewhere in this thread.
A map of Japan, indicating where each prefecture is, can be found in the attachment.
Ibaraki (茨城県) 1. Take Satō (佐藤タケ), F, 110, 1913.11.21 (lives in Shimotsuma) (per 19 August 2024) -. Kiyoshi Sasashima (笹島清), M, 108, 1915.10.22 (lives in Mito) (oldest man) (per 19 August 2024)
Tochigi (栃木県) (reserved)
Gunma (群馬県) (reserved)
Saitama (埼玉県) (Hisako Shiroishi (白石久子), F, 114, 1910.05.19 - 2024.08.26 (died in Higashichichibu)) -. Tsuyako Satō (佐藤艶子), F, 110, 1914.04.09 (lives in Saitama City) (per 3 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.06 (lives in Saitama City) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.10 (lives in Saitama City) -. Chiyo Obara (小原チヨ), F, 109, 1915.03.15 (lives in Saitama City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.03 (lives in Saitama City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.03 (lives in Saitama City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.04 (lives in Saitama City) -. Tamotsu Arai (新井保), M, 109, 1915.8.1 (lives in Saitama City) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Chiba (千葉県) -. Not Available, F, 111, 1912.10 (lives in Kimitsu) (per 31 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.05 (lives in Abiko) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.05 (lives in Sakura)
Tōkyō (東京都) -. Not Available, F, 112, 1911.12 (lives in Nerima) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 112, 1912.05 (lives in Setagaya) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 112, 1912.03.24 - 1912.07.30 (lives in Komae) (per 23 August 2024) (Ai Shinohara (篠原愛), F, 111, 1913.01.04 - 2024.08.13 (died in Machida)) -. Not Available, F, 111, 1913.02.01 - 1913.04.01 (lives in Akiruno) (per 1 July 2024) -. Not Available, F, 111, 1913.04.01 - 1913.06.30 (lives in Toshima) (per 1 July 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.12.02 - 1914.01.01 (lives in Kodaira) (per 1 August 2024) -. Kiyo ??? (???キヨ), F, 110, 1914.01.19 (lives in Adachi) (per 1 September 2024) (Not Available, M, 110, 1914.01.23 - 2024.08.21 (residence kept private)) (former oldest man in Japan) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.01.02 - 1914.12.31 (lives in Ōta) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.12.02 - 1915.01.01 (lives in Kita) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.03.02 - 1915.04.01 (lives in Edogawa) -. Not Available, M, 108, 1915.08.02 - 1916.01.01 (lives in Machida)
Kanagawa (神奈川県) 1. Nobu Kawano (河野のぶ), F, 113, 1911.03.28 (lives in Yokohama) (per 12 September 2024) -. Fumie Suzuki (鈴木ふみ江), F, 112, 1912.06.20 (lives in Aikawa) (per 10 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.09.02 - 1913.10.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, M, 110, 1914.03.15 - 1914.04.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.01 - 1914.06 (lives in Kamakura) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.01 - 1914.06 (lives in Kamakura) (per 1 August 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.09.02 - 1914.09.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.09.02 - 1914.09.01 (lives in Yokohama) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1914.08.02 - 1914.09.01 (lives in Fujisawa) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.09 - 1915.08 (lives in Hiratsuka)
Niigata (新潟県) -. Hana Mizusawa (水澤ハナ), F, 110, 1914.04.14 (lives in Nagaoka) (per 26 August 2024) Chiyo Sakurata (桜田千代), F, 109, 1915.01 - c. 2024.09.07 (died in Niigata City) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1915.07 (lives in Niigata City)
Toyama (富山県) 1. Hana Yokoyama(横山花), F, 110, 1914.08.20 (lives in Nanto) (per 1 September 2024) -. Nobuyuki Shimizu (清水信行), M, 107, 1917.08.08 (lives in Himi) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Ishikawa (石川県) 1. Not Available [Toshiko Ueda (上田敏子)?], F, 111, 1912/1913 [1913.01?] (lives in Kanazawa) (per 1 September 2024) -. Ryōkichi Satake (佐竹良吉), M, 105, 1919.02.27 (lives in Kanazawa) (oldest man) (per 1 September 2024)
Fukui (福井県) (reserved)
Yamanashi (山梨県) -. Not Available, F, 111, 1913.03 (lives in Kai) (per 31 August 2024)
Nagano (長野県) -. Not Available, F, 112, 1912.08.02 - 1912.09.01 (lives in Nagano City) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.09.02 - 1915.09.01 (lives in Nagano City) -. Not Available, M, 108, 1915.10.02 - 1915.11.01 (lives in Nagano City)
Gifu (岐阜県) 1. Okagi Hayashi (林おかぎ), F, 115, 1909.09.02 (lives in Toki) (per 2 September 2024)
Shizuoka (静岡県) 1. Masu Usui (臼井ます), F, 113, 1910.12.18 (lives in Oyama) (per 7 August 2024) -. KIYOTAKA MIZUNO (水野清隆), M, 110, 1914.03.14 (LIVES IN IWATA)(OLDEST MAN IN JAPAN) (per 13 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 110, 1913.11.28 - 1914.03.31 (lives in Hamamatsu) (per 16 August 2024) -. Yoshie Terada (寺田よ志江), F, 110, 1914.06.01 (lives in Iwata) (per 30 June 2024)
Aichi (愛知県) 1. Mine Kondō (近藤ミネ), F, 114, 1910.09.01 (lives in Toyota) (per 1 September 2024) -. Not Available, F, 109, 1914.08 - 1915.07 (lives in Nagoya)
DEATHS 110+ & OLDEST MEN 110- Ai Shinohara (篠原愛), F, 111, 1913.01.04 - 2024.08.13, Tōkyō (died in Machida) Not Available, M, 110, 1914.01.23 - 2024.08.21, Tōkyō (residence kept private) (former oldest man in Japan) Hisako Shiroishi (白石久子), F, 114, 1910.05.19 - 2024.08.26, Saitama (died in Higashichichibu)
UNREPORTED DEATHS 110+ & OLDEST MEN 110- (= known dead, but the exact date of death is missing / has gone unreported) Seiyoshi Shigematsu (重松清義), M, 108, 1914.12.28 - 2023.11, Ehime (died in Matsuyama) (former oldest man)
LIMBO 110+ & OLDEST MEN 110- Ai Iwabuchi (岩渕あい), F, 110/111/112, 1913.02.24 --> fl. 2023.02.25 (lived in Hirosaki) Not Available, F, 112/113, 1911.07.02 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Kyōto (lived in Maizuru) Not Available, F, 111/112, 1911.12.02 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Fukuoka (lived in Fukuoka City) Shinako Hayashi (林シナ子), F, 110/111, 1912.10.01 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Yamaguchi (lived in Ube) Not Available, F, 110/111, 1912.10 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Miyagi (lived in Ishinomaki) Taka Takeuchi (竹内タカ), F, 110/111, 1913.01.11 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Yamaguchi (lived in Shimonoseki) Tsuyu Masuda (増田露), F, 110/111, 1913.05.22 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Kyōto (lived in Uji) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1914.01.10 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Kyōto (lived in Uji) Osamu Kusakabe (日下部 脩), M, 109/110, 1914.02.10 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Kyōto (lived in Kyōtango) Shinako Moriuchi (森内シナコ), F, 109/110, 1914.02.16 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Tokushima (lived in Yoshinogawa) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1914.02.02 - 1914.03.01 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Nagano (lived in Nagano City) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1913.09 - 1914.03 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Kanagawa (lived in Yokosuka) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1914.02.11 - 1914.04.01 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Kyōto (lived in Kyōto City) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1914.04.02 - 1914.05.01 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Nagano (lived in Nagano City) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1913.09 - 1914.08 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Miyagi (residence unknown) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1913.09 - 1914.08 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Miyagi (residence unknown) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1913.09 - 1914.08 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Tōkyō (lived in Nakano) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1914.01 - 1914.08 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Aichi (lived in Toyokawa) Not Available, M, 108/109, 1915.06 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Tōkyō (lived in Adachi) Not Available, M, 108/109, 1915.07 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Tōkyō (lived in Katsushika) Not Available, M, 108/109, 1914.09 - 1915.08 --> fl. 2023.09.01, Miyagi (residence unknown) (former oldest man) [Private], F, 112, 1911.09.04 --> fl. 2023.09.12, Fukuoka (lived in Fukuoka City) Emi Miura (三浦ヱミ), F, 112/113, 1911.04.24 --> fl. 2023.09.18, Miyagi (lived in Sendai) Yuki Nitta (新田ユキ), F, 112/113, 1911.08.10 --> fl. 2023.09.18, Fukuoka (lived in Buzen) Keiko Matsumura (松村けいこ), F, 110/111, 1913.01.24 --> fl. 2023.09.18, Wakayama (lived in Wakayama City) Not Available, F, 110/111, 1913.01.02 - 1913.04.01 --> fl. 2023.10.01, Ibaraki (lived in Toride) Not Available, F, 109/110, 1914.03 --> fl. 2024.01.01, Chiba (lived in Ichihara) Fumi Aoki (青木ふみ), F, 110/111, 1913.08 --> fl. 2024.02.01, Tōkyō (lived in Setagaya) Not Available, F, 110/111, 1913.08 --> fl. 2024.04.30, Chiba (lived in Abiko)
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, Ina Okazawa's successor as oldest living person in Ibaraki prefecture is 110-year-old Take Satō (佐藤タケ) of Shimotsuma, who was born on 21 November 1913. This means a woman from Toride, born in early 1913, has entered limbo.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the city of Iwata, Shizuoka has released a report on its oldest citizens; as of 30 June 2024, both its oldest male and female resident were 110 years old. This concerns the oldest man in the prefecture, LQ-validated Kiyotaka Mizuno (水野清隆), born on 14 March 1914, and newly-identified supercentenarian Yoshie Terada (寺田よ志江), born on 1 June 1914.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the former oldest living man in Ehime prefecture, Seiyoshi Shigematsu (重松清義) of Matsuyama, born on 28 December 1914, died in November 2023 at the age of 108. May he rest in peace.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living man in Ibaraki prefecture is 108-year-old Kiyoshi Sasashima (笹島清) of Mito, born on 22 October 1915.
@marco You can add the Anonymous woman, 112, born on 6 July 1912, and Otoji Hasegawa, 108, born on 3 December 1915, who are the oldest known Japanese woman and man living in Brazil, respectively.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka is a 110-year-old woman. As the document lists the age as of 31 March 2025, this implies she was born between 28 November 1913 and 31 March 1914.
The oldest man in the city is 106-year-old Shōkichi Shinma (新間正吉), born on 15 January 1918.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Toyokawa, Aichi is a 107-year-old woman born in 1917. This means that last year's oldest person, born in 1914, has entered limbo. She was last confirmed alive on 1 September 2023.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Kagoshima prefecture is an anonymous 111-year-old woman (possibly 112 now), born between 31 July 1912 and 8 July 1913. She is the successor to 112-year-old Sueko Katsu (勝末コ) of Setouchi, born on 26 March 1912, who died on 6 July 2024.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Takarazuka, Hyōgo as of 31 July 2024 is a 112-year-old woman born in November 1911. The oldest man in the city is 107 years old.
The oldest living woman in Miyazaki is Yuriko Tsurumaru(鶴丸百合子). She lives in Kobayashi city. The oldest living man is Kiyoshi Zushi (圖師清). He lives in Miyazaki city.
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Takarazuka, Hyōgo as of 31 July 2024 is a 112-year-old woman born in November 1911. The oldest man in the city is 107 years old.
There are currently no validated living SCs born in November 1911, so if this woman gets validated then there will be one again
I hope more cases from 1911 are revealed in the next month
As reported by Straycat on the 110 Club, the oldest living person in Kurashiki, Okayama as of 30 June 2024 is 110-year-old Katsuko Miyake (三宅勝子), born on 10 December 1913.
