TOKYO (DPA) - A Japanese woman who still enjoys studying maths and playing the board game Othello is the world's oldest living person at the age of 116 years and 66 days, Guinness World Records says.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - A Japanese woman who still enjoys studying maths and playing the board game Othello is the world's oldest living person at the age of 116 years and 66 days, Guinness World Records says.
Her husband ran a business making and selling sticky rice, Udon noodles and a type of Japanese sweet called Zenzai. They include Jiroemon Kimura, the longest-living man on record, who died soon after his 116th birthday in June 2013.
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