Tane Matsubara was born on October 15, 1909 in Tochigi pr. (JPN). She currently lives in Tomakomai, Hokkaido pr. (JPN).
She was the eldest of ten children. At the age of 20, she got married and had eight children (five sons and three daughters). Following her marriage, she lived in Imakane in Hiyama Subprefecture. In 1936, she moved to Biratori, where she was selling tofu. In her late life, she lived with her sons in Tomakomai and Hidaka, until she moved into the nursing home in Tomakomai in 2007.
After 112-year-old Take Taniguchi of Muroran went into limbo in December 2021, Mrs. Matsubara became the oldest living person in Hokkaido pr.
As of June 22, 2023, she is currently the oldest known living resident of the Hokkaido prefecture and the fifth-oldest validated living person in Japan, after Ms. Tatsumi (116), Ms. Itooka (115), Ms. Makishi (114.3) and Ms. Hayashi (113.7).

Aged 112 in September 2022.