| Hama Yasukawa | |
 Yasukawa on her 113th birthday. | |
| Validated |
Hama Yasukawa [Japanese: 安川濱] (born 19 January 1907) is 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 currently lives in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 117 years, 90 days.
Currently she is the third-oldest living person in Japan behind Kane Tanaka and Anonymous of Fukuoka.
Since the death of Hester Ford on 17 April 2021, she has been in the top 10 oldest validated living people in the world.
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References
- 兵庫の最高齢１１１歳、洲本市の女性死去
- 「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