hard to advance. advance is happening in scotland s exhibition. this tapestry looks at slavery and the stories we re told. the artist, alberta whittle, is the first black woman to represent scotland in venice. i think the world s more ready to accept women artists, possibly. black women artists, i don t know. i d like it if people weren t so scared to work with ideas of race or to kind of open up these conversations. but change is afoot here, certainly when it comes to whose art gets a place on the wall. katie razzall, bbc news, venice. ajapanese woman officially certified as the world s oldest person has died, aged 119. kane tanaka got married a century ago. she spent her later years in a care home. emily brown reports. kane ta na ka officially certified kane tanaka officially certified as the world? 0ldest person has died at the age of
119. she was spot on the second of january 9003, the 119. she was spot on the second ofjanuary 9003, the same year as george orwell. theodore is a us president and edward vii was king of the united kingdom. kane tanaka was married at 19 and had four children. she survived cancer, to wild boars, the spanish flu and the covid 19 pandemic. with her death, the world s oldest person is now lucile randon, eight 118 french none. before she died she shared her secret to long life. she was getting up to long life. she was getting up at six spending afternoon studying maths and keeping busy. she only stopped working at the family shop age 103. japan has the older population in the world. diet, healthcare and the fact that many older people continue to work into the latter years is said to be the latter years is said to be the reason behind that long life. emily brown, bbc news.