How old are the world’s oldest female twins?
Guinness World Records has certified Japanese Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama as the oldest identical twins at 107 on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. The announcement was made to coincide with “Respect for the Aged Day,” a national holiday in Japan. Sumiyama and Kodama were 107 years and 300 days old as of Sept 1, breaking the previous record set by Japanese sisters Kin Narita and Gin Kanie at 107 years and 175 days._x000D_
What is the world’s fastest aging nation?
_x000D_According to Japan’s health and welfare ministry, about 29% of the population in Japan is 65 years or older. About 86,510 of them are over 100-years-old — half of whom turned 100 in 2021 — making Japan the world’s fastest aging nation.