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Japanese woman, 116, set to take title of oldest person the world

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Tomiko Itooka , 116 , is now the oldest living person in the world.

Maria Branyas Morera died this week at 117 .

She has been living at a nursing facility in Ashiya , a city in Hygo, Prefecture , Japan , for about five years .