The oldest woman in the world, Kane Tanaka has extended her record by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka, southern Japan.

The Japanese channel, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting reported that Ms. Tanaka marked the occasion with a party held at the home in Fukuoka which was attended by friends and family.

Ms. Tanaka, whose birthday was on 2 January took a bite from a slice of her big birthday cake and said with a smile: “Tasty, I want some more.”

According to Guinness World Records, the Japanese super centenarian was confirmed as the oldest living person on Earth when she was aged 116 years and 66 days last year.

Guinness World Records said  Tanaka, who was born prematurely in 1903 married Hideo Tanaka in 1922. The couple had four children and adopted a fifth.

Her age is symbolic of Japan’s ageing population which, coupled with its falling birth rate is raising concerns about labour shortages and prospects for future economic growth.

According to the country’s Welfare Ministry, the number of babies born in Japan fell an estimated 5.9 percent last year to fewer than 900,000 for the first time since the government started compiling data in 1899.