Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:36am on 22 Aug 2024,Thursday International
Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman from Ashiya, is set to be recognized as the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records, according to the U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group. Born on May 23, 1908, Itooka is poised to receive the title following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera from Spain earlier this week. Itooka, who once pursued mountaineering, will officially take the title as the world’s oldest person. She was born in the same year that saw the first long-distance radio transmission from the Eiffel Tower and the Wright Brothers' initial public flights.
