The world's oldest living person celebrated her 119th birthday on Sunday in a Japanese nursing home.
Kane Tanaka's great-granddaughter Junko Tanaka shared the news in a sweet Twitter post.
"Great achievement. [Kane Tanaka] reached 119 years of age," she wrote alongside a photo of the birthday girl smiling and making peace signs for the camera.
"I hope you'll continue to live life cheerfully and to the fullest," Junko added.
Supercentenarian Tanaka was officially recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2017 when she was 116 years old. Since then, she has been crowned the world's oldest known living person and Japan's all-time oldest resident.
The 119-year-old - who is fond of chocolate and fizzy drinks - marked her latest milestone birthday at the nursing home where she lives in southwest Japan, The Guardian reports.
Among her birthday gifts were two commemorative Coca-Cola bottles, personalized with her name and age. Junko shared a picture of them on Twitter alongside the caption "Birthday gift 1."
"Really appreciate this gift. Coca-Cola company made a commemorative birthday bottle. It seems [Tanaka] is still drinking Coca-Cola as usual," she joked.
Tanaka was born in 1903. She married a rice shop owner when she was 19 and worked in the family store for over 80 years until she retired at the ripe old age of 103.
As well as two world wars and five Japanese imperial reigns, Tanaka has also lived through 49 Summer and Winter Olympic games. She made headlines earlier this year when she pulled out of the Tokyo Olympic's torch relay due to concerns over catching coronavirus.
There are now just over three years separating Tanaka from the verified oldest person in recorded history, a title held by French supercentenarian Jeanne Calment.
Calment passed away in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days. Tanaka is currently in third place, just 95 days behind the second-oldest person of all time Sarah Knauss.
The world's oldest known living man - Spain's Saturnino de la Fuente García - is currently 112-years-old.
Tanaka is one of a growing number of centenarians in Japan, where the average life expectancy is 84.36 years. A September survey estimated that there are over 86,510 Japanese people over the age of 100.
