What is Koto Okubo?
'''Koto Okubo''' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Koto Okubo|url=https://gerontology.wikia.org/wiki/Koto_Okubo}}</ref>(December 24, 1897 &ndash; January 12, 2013) was a [[Japan]]ese [[supercentenarian]] who, at the time of her death, was the oldest living woman in the world, and second-oldest living person behind [[Jiroemon Kimura]] after Italian-born Americanwoman [[Dina Manfredini]]'s death on December 17, 2012. She was the oldest living Japanese woman since [[Chiyono Hasegawa]]'s death on December 2, 2011. She spent her last days in a nursing home in [[Kawasaki]] with her son's company. She died of [[pneumonia]] at 12.00pm on January 12, 2013, just 19 days after celebrating her 115th birthday, and was succeeded as the oldest living woman by [[Misao Okawa]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/9799574/Oldest-woman-in-the-world-dies.html Oldest woman in the World dies] at Telegraph.co.uk</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{start box}} {{succession box |before = [[Dina Manfredini]] |title = Oldest recognized living woman |years = December 17, 2012 – January 12, 2013 |after = [[Misao Okawa]] }} {{end box}} {{multistub|bio|Japan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Okubo, Koto}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Japanese supercentenarians]] [[Category:People from Kanagawa Prefecture]]