article_snippet.sent: Born on March 5, 1898, great-grandmother had lived through two World Wars, the invention of the television and the first successful powered aeroplane flight by the Wright Brothers.
article_snippet.sent: great-grandmother had only celebrated great-grandmother most recent birthday on March 5, where great-grandmother said great-grandmother thought her life had been 'rather short' At great-grandmother 117th birthday party last month Misao Okawa said that her life had seemed 'rather short.'
article_snippet.sent: great-grandmother marred great-grandmother husband, Yukio, in 1919, and her husband, Yukio had two daughters and a son.
article_snippet.sent: During great-grandmother lifetime: .
article_snippet.sent: Two World Wars took place - and the atomic bomb was dropped on great-grandmother home nation, Japan .
article_snippet.sent: - There has been 23 different British Prime Ministers and 21 US Presidents .
article_snippet.sent: The American, who lives in Arkansas, was born on July 4, 1898.
article_snippet.sent: The name of the woman, who was born March 15, 1900, was not released at the request of nursing staff   family, the Ministry of Health said.