{
  "id": 4604802,
  "title": "Japan's Oldest Person Dies at 115",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/japans-oldest-person-dies-at-115",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T08:19:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026083100700/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's oldest person, Shigeko Kagawa, died Thursday at the age of 115, sources including the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday. Kagawa, from the city of Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, was born in May 1911. The cause of her death has not been disclosed. She became the oldest person in the country after a 114-year-old woman from t...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : Japan's Oldest Person, 115-year-old Woman From Nara Prefecture, Dies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/world-japans-oldest-person-115-year-old-woman-from-nara-prefecture",
        "published": "2026-08-31T06:06:16.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}