108-Year-Old Japanese Woman Named World's Oldest Female Barber
TOKYO (AP) — Meet the world’s oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness World Records this week brought her much joy — other than her satisfied customers, that is.
Barber in Japan crowned world’s oldest at 108
TOKYO — Meet the world’s oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness World Records this week brought her much joy — other than her satisfied customers, that is.
108-year-old Japanese woman certified as the world's oldest barber
Shitsui Hakoishi, born in 1916, still holds her own scissors, and took part this week in a celebration ceremony reportedly attended by her two children, an 85-year-old daughter and an 81-year-old son.
Meet the world's oldest female barber. A 108-year-old Japanese woman is overjoyed at the recognition
“I could come this far only because of my customers,” Hakoishi told a televised news conference Wednesday at a gymnasium in her hometown of Nakagawa in the Tochigi prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.
108-year-old Japanese woman recognized as world's oldest barber
A 108-year-old woman in this eastern Japan town has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest barber.
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