Chiyono Hasegawa

Chiyono Hasegawa  (20 November 1896 – 2 December 2011)  was a Japanese supercentenarian. Aged 115 years 12 days at the time of her death, she was the oldest verified person in Japan since the death of Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010, and the oldest verified person in Asia. She was the 2nd oldest verified living person in the world behind American woman Besse Cooper. Hasegawa remains one of the 30 oldest undisputed people ever.