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'''Hama Yasukawa''' (Japanese: '''安川濱'''; born 19 January 1907) is a Japanese [[supercentenarian]] whose age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG).
 
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|Hama Yasukawa
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|status = deceased-verified
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|image = Hama Yasukawa2.jpg |image size=240
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|caption = Yasukawa on her 113th birthday.
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|sex = Female
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|nationality = Japanese
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|birthyr = 1907 |birthplace = Japan
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|deathyr = 2021 |deathplace = Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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|sort = Yasukawa, Hama
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-->'''Hama Yasukawa''' [Japanese: '''安川濱'''] (19 January 1907 – 23 May 2021) was a Japanese [[supercentenarian]] whose age was validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG) on 14 April 2019.
   
== Biography ==
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==Biography==
Hama Yasukawa was born in Japan on 19 January 1907. She became the oldest living person in Hyogo Prefecture following the death of 111-year old [[Matsue Kimura]] on 13 June 2018.
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Hama Yasukawa was born in Japan on 19 January 1907. She lost her parents around the third year of elementary school and went to live and work with her relatives. Her husband died early. They had 2 children (son and daughter). At the age of 27, she lived and worked in Osaka with two children. Her son got a job at a shipping company, but Yasukawa continued working until retirement.
   
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Yasukawa became the oldest living person in Hyogo Prefecture following the death of 111-year old [[Matsue Kimura]] on 13 June 2018. On her 113th birthday, she was visited by the Mayor of Takarazuka, Tomoko Nakagawa. At that time, she had 4 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
== References ==
 
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https://www.sankei.com/west/news/180614/wst1806140021-n1.html
 
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Yasukawa died in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 114 years, 124 days. Upon her death, 114-year-old anonymous woman (of Miki) became the oldest person in Hyogo Prefecture.
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[[Category:Unvalidated supercentenarians]]
 
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Yasukawa was the third-oldest living person in Japan behind [[Kane Tanaka]] and [[Anonymous of Fukuoka]].
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==Gallery==
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<gallery widths="185">
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Hama Yasukawa1.jpg|Hama Yasukawa on 1 April 2019.
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Hama_Yasukawa114.png|Hama Yasukawa on her 114th birthday
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==References==
 
*[https://www.sankei.com/west/news/180614/wst1806140021-n1.html 兵庫の最高齢111歳、洲本市の女性死去]
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*[https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/hanshin/202002/0013135436.shtml 「宝塚の誇り」県内最高齢113歳の女性、市長が祝福] 神戸新聞NEXT, 22 February 2020
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*[https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sougou/202106/0014407040.shtml 兵庫県内最高齢の女性が死去] 神戸新聞NEXT, 11 June 2021
 
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Revision as of 11:48, 1 August 2021

Hama Yasukawa
Hama Yasukawa
Yasukawa on her 113th birthday.
Birth: 19 January 1907
Japan
Death: 23 May 2021
Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Age: 114 years, 124 days
Country: JapanJPN
Validated

Hama Yasukawa [Japanese: 安川濱] (19 January 1907 – 23 May 2021) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 14 April 2019.

Biography

Hama Yasukawa was born in Japan on 19 January 1907. She lost her parents around the third year of elementary school and went to live and work with her relatives. Her husband died early. They had 2 children (son and daughter). At the age of 27, she lived and worked in Osaka with two children. Her son got a job at a shipping company, but Yasukawa continued working until retirement.

Yasukawa became the oldest living person in Hyogo Prefecture following the death of 111-year old Matsue Kimura on 13 June 2018. On her 113th birthday, she was visited by the Mayor of Takarazuka, Tomoko Nakagawa. At that time, she had 4 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

Yasukawa died in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 114 years, 124 days. Upon her death, 114-year-old anonymous woman (of Miki) became the oldest person in Hyogo Prefecture.

Yasukawa was the third-oldest living person in Japan behind Kane Tanaka and Anonymous of Fukuoka.

Gallery

References