These are lists of Japanese supercentenarians (people from Japan who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates their ages, has verified age claims for over 300 such old people from Japan. The oldest Japanese person on record is Nabi Tajima, born 4 August 1900, aged 117 years, 54 days. The oldest verified man was Jiroemon Kimura who died on 12 June 2013 at the age of 116 years, 54 days. As of 27 September 2017, there are 19 verified living supercentenarians in Japan, the oldest of whom is Nabi Tajima. Tajima also currently holds the title of the Oldest living person in the world.
Deceased Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 27 September 2017
Denzo Ishizaki (石崎 伝蔵 Ishizaki Denzō, 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999) was for a short time Japan's oldest person and the world's oldest man, from February to April 1999. A former elementary school teacher and town assembly member, Ishizaki lived in Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he died of multiple organ failure on 29 April 1999 at the age of 112 years, 191 days.