Biden says the United States and its allies had helped Israel beat back the April 13 missile and drone strike and are now holding Iran accountable with the new sanctions and export controls
Nabi Tajima, born in 1900, died from old age at a hospital on her native southwestern island of Kikaijima, Kyodo said.
Guinness World Records had been conducting research with a view to certifying Tajima as the oldest person alive after the previous record holder, Violet Brown of Jamaica, died last year at 117, Kyodo said.
The organization recognized a 112-year-old Japanese man, Masazo Nonaka, as the world’s oldest man earlier this month.
In Japan, the number of centenarians totaled 67,824 last year, government data shows, up sharply from 153 in 1963.