August 21, 2024 2:51 PM

Japanese woman, 116, to be named world’s oldest person

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who used to be a mountaineer is set to be named the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, a research group said on Wednesday, following the death of a 117-year-old Spanish woman earlier this week. Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908, lives in the western Japanese city of Ashiya, the U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group said. She is next in line for the title of world's oldest person after Maria Branyas Morera died in a Spanish nursing home on M...