According to a statement provided by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest individual, died at the age of 119.
Tanaka died on April 19, according to the government, after being born on January 2, 1903.
Tanaka's death was certified by senior gerontology specialist Robert Young, who also helped validate her title as the oldest person living in 2019, according to Guinness World Records.
Guinness World Records, in a tweet about her death, said: "At the age of 116 years and 28 days, she became the world's oldest living person in January 2019.
"She is also the second-oldest person ever documented, behind Jeanne Calment, who lived to be a century old. Tanaka's family stated she had been unwell a lot recently and had been "in and out of hospital" in a tweet earlier this month.
Tanaka, who was born in 1903 and married a rice shop owner at the age of 19, remained in the family business until she was 103 years old.
She survived cancer twice and lived through a slew of historical events, including two world wars, the 1918 Spanish flu, and the Covid-19 epidemic.
Tanaka was previously profiled by CNN during her training for the Olympic torch relay ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
The goal had been for her to carry the flame when it traveled through Shime, in her native prefecture of Fukuoka, but she was unable to do so due to scheduling conflicts.