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KYOTO (JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Kiyoko Ozeki, an 88-year-old professor emeritus of Tokai Gakuen Women's Junior College, was given a doctoral degree on Saturday (March 24) by Ritsumeikan University for her practical studies over more than 30 years of a kind of clothing believed to be ...

An 88-year-old woman working as a visiting researcher at a university in Kyoto was conferred a doctorate on Saturday, making her the oldest person to earn such a degree, according to the institution. "I'm full of emotion. I'm honored," Kiyoko Ozeki told reporters ahead of the graduation ceremony at ...

Mr. LaPlume, at 65, is believed to be one of the oldest people in the United States with Down syndrome. Last year, Guinness World Records listed Kenny Cridge of Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, England, as the oldest known person in the world with the syndrome. Mr. LaPlume was born in Worcester on ...

I have it on the wall in my living room, with another one that I got a year earlier for being the oldest person in the world to get their first tattoo. In 2016, I had one inked on my right shoulder. It says “Jacko 6.4.1912” in my handwriting, because that's what everyone calls me. It didn't take long and I've been in ...

The 55-year-old the father of four hopes to become the oldest person in the world to successfully complete the challenge. "I just want to do something different, something out of the ordinary, something extraordinary," said Dermot. "Completing the Round the World Cycle will be my life's ambition realised.

When 89-year-old Call Me by Your Name screenwriter James Ivory won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay on Sunday night, he became the oldest Oscar winner of all time. Share On facebook Share · Share On pinterest Share On pinterest Pin · Share On email Email; Share On copy Copy ...

One of New Zealand's oldest people has died just days after celebrating her 108th birthday. Mary 'Dot' Judkins turned 108 on March 14. Source: SUPPLIED. Mary 'Dot' Judkins died in Christchurch on Sunday, four days after celebrating her last milestone with family. Dot leaves behind a family that includes ...

Japanese woman Nabi Tajima, who is the last surviving child of the 19th century, has become the 4th oldest person in recorded human history, researchers said on Friday (local time) as she reached 117 years and 231 days. Tajima was born in a village on the Japanese island of Kikaijima on August 4, ...

The 108-year-old had 10 children, 29 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Since 2005 she has been living in care, where staff took "unbelievable care" of her. An unofficial list claimed Dot was the 15th oldest person in the country. Ms Judkin thought she may have been ...