Guinness mails world's oldest woman certificate to Hongo

Guinness mails world's oldest woman certificate to Hongo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, a 115-year-old resident of Kagoshima, receives a certificate Sept. 24 that officially recognizes her as the oldest living female in the Guinness Book of World Records. The certificate, mailed by the British publication, reached Hongo six months after she became the world's oldest person when 115-year-old American Maude Farris-Luse died March 18.

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