Justin McCurry “Life seems short, says world's oldest person at 117” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/05/life-short-worlds-oldest-person-misao-okawa-117
非実在高齢者（笑）*1ではなく、実在の世界最高齢者の話。大阪の大川ミサヲさん*2（1898年生まれ）が117歳の誕生日を迎えた。
The year Misao Okawa was born, Queen Victoria was on the British throne and the Spanish-American war was in its infancy. She married almost a century ago and has been a widow for more than 80 years.
大川さんは現在生きている唯一の19世紀生まれの日本人ということなのだが、長男が92歳で存命というのも凄い。
Okawa’s life spans three centuries, which have included six British monarchs, four Japanese emperors and 20 US presidents. She was five when the Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight.
昨年（116歳の誕生日）の記事；
Japan is home to more than 58,000 people aged 100 or over, according to government figures, 87% of whom are women. The country’s elderly population is expected to soar in the coming decades. About a quarter of its 127 million people are 65 or over, and the proportion is expected to grow to about 40% by the middle of the century.Experts attribute Japan’s longevity statistics to a traditional low-fat diet, affordable healthcare and generous pensions. In 2013, life expectancy for Japanese women was 86.6 years, the highest in the world, and for men it was 80.2 years, the fourth highest, according to the health ministry.
Justin McCurry “World's oldest person celebrates 116th birthday in Japan” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/worlds-oldest-person-116-birthday-japan
