Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama-World's oldest identical twin sisters

TOKYO (AP) - Guinness World Records has identified two Japanese sisters as identical adults living at the age of 107 in an announcement on Monday in honor of Adult Day, a national holiday in Japan. That is what two Japanese sisters were able to do when they were registered as the world's oldest twins with 107 years and 330 days, the Guinness Book of World Records reported on Monday.

According to the statement, at the time of their birth, having twins was the main reason for the abuse, and Sumiyama and Kodama had been living apart since childhood. According to the AP, they were born on the island of Shodoshima in Japan to a large family of 11 children.

The couple had not seen each other for decades until they were in their 70's when they met and began visiting shrines together, reports the AP. The sisters split up after leaving elementary school, and Kodama moved to Oita, a town on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, to work as a caregiver, notes AP. They were separated after elementary school when Kodama was sent to work in Oita, a large island in southern Japan, Kyushu. The couple had been living apart since he was a child: Kodama left home from primary school to help his uncle eventually marry a man from Shodo Island, according to the report.

Kodama left Shodo Island after graduating from elementary school and later married a non-islander, so the twins lived more than 300 miles (186 miles) apart, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. He later married there, while Sumiyama lived on his home island where he had a family. He later married there, while Sumiyama lived on the island where they grew up and started his own family. As children, the twins were abused because it was like when they finished primary school they started living apart from Kodama and then went to help his uncle.

Their families told the Guinness Book of World Records that the sisters often joked about the death of former record holders, who were affectionately called "Kin-san, Gin-san," who became idols in the late 1990s because of their age instead of your humor. . The past twins broke the record known as Kin-san and Gin-san and were the home names in Japan, appearing on many television shows and commercials. Narita and Kani died in 2000 and 2001 respectively and were famous in Japan for their longevity and charm in the 1990s.

The previous record holders of the same older twins (girls) and older identical twins (girls) were 107-year-old Kin Narita and Gin Kanye (Japan) and 175 days old. Former champions died at the age of 107, but Sumiyama and Kodama are close to 108, less than two months before the big day.

The sisters broke the 107-year and 175-day record set by Japan's famous twins Narita Kim and Kim Gani on September 1, according to Guinness World Records Ltd. in a statement. As of September 1, they have broken the 107-year and 175-day record set by well-known twins Ken Narita and Maane Kani, also Japanese, according to a Guinness World Records statement. The Guinness Book of World Records announced that Umedoyama and Komei Erdama had won the title, holding a 107-year and 300-day record, from September 1. Minozumi and Komeiko, born September 1, 1913, in Shodoshima, Kagawa Province , are listed. in the Guinness Book of World Records after their age verification on September 1, the register said.

The title of the living adult is currently held by Kana Tanaka of Japan, now 118 years old. Tanaka has twice survived cancer, survived two world diseases and loved soda. The oldest person in history is Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, born April 19, 1897, and died at the age of 116 and 54 days on June 12, 2013. year.

According to the Department of Health and Welfare, about 29 percent of the 125 million people in Japan, the world's oldest country, are 65 years of age or older. The number of people aged 100 and over in Japan, one of the oldest countries in the world, has reached 86,510 people, a new national record, the Department of Health, Labor and Social Affairs said last week. The Japan Times reported this month that Japan is also 86,500 years old, or those living 100 years or more, 88 percent of whom are women.

They are part of the fast-growing Japanese population of 86,500 years. Japan is also home to Tanaka Kane, the world's oldest man, now 118 years old. Kane Tanaka, who celebrated his 118th birthday in January, is the oldest person in the world, while Jiroemon Kimura, who died in 2013 at 116 and 54 days, is the oldest confirmed person in history. The oldest (male) was Jiroemon Kimura (Japan), born April 19, 1897, and died at the age of 116 and 54 days on June 12, 2013.

According to the Associated Press, sisters Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born on November 5, 1913, meaning they were 107 years old and over 300 days old. TOKYO - Two Japanese twins officially entered a recording studio. About 86 510 of them are 100 years old, half of them turning 100 this year.