{"id":25146,"date":"2015-03-27T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=25146"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:50:42","slug":"the-oldest-granny-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/the-oldest-granny-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The oldest granny in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015 was an important date for Japan, because the country celebrated Mrs Misao Okawa\u2019s 117<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. It is a big event because this figure makes her the oldest person in the world in 2015.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25204\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/mar\/05\/life-short-worlds-oldest-person-misao-okawa-117\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25204 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/misao-okawa.png\" alt=\"Misao Okawa the oldest granny in the world\" width=\"563\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/misao-okawa.png 563w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/misao-okawa-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Guardian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mrs Okawa was born on March 5, 1898 in Osaka. She lived among a modest family: her father was a kimono-maker back then.<\/p>\n<p>She got married in 1919, at 21 years old, with Mr Yukio Okawa, with whom she had 3 children. But unfortunately, her husband died in 1931 and left her a widow at only 33 years old. She never got remarried after that and today she has been a widow for 84 years.<\/p>\n<p>She confides that life moves pretty fast, and her best memories are still her wedding day and the birth of her 3 children. Her worst ones were her husband\u2019s and son\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The granny asserts that a healthy lifestyle is the secret of her longevity. Indeed, Mrs Okawa eats 3 meals a day and sleeps at least eight hours every night.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25205\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/mar\/05\/life-short-worlds-oldest-person-misao-okawa-117\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25205 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/misao-okawas-family-300x187.png\" alt=\"she lived in a Retirement Home for the last 19 years\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/misao-okawas-family-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/misao-okawas-family.png 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Guardian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She has lived in Kurenai Retirement Home for the last 19 years , where she is well treated and where she eats her favourite meals, like sushi that she loves and eats at least once a month.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Mrs Misao Okawa is a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan the lifespan is higher than in European countries. The Japanese government has announced that by 2060, nearly 40% of the population will be aged 65 or over. It is already difficult for the East Asian nation to support the elderly and pensioners who currently represents 25% of its population.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, the average lifespan for a Japanese woman is now 85.9 years old and 79.6 years old for men. Moreover, women also represent about 87% of the centenarians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 5th, 2015 was an important date for Japan, because the country celebrated Mrs Misao Okawa\u2019s 117th birthday. 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