Japanese Twins Celebrate Their 107th Birthday

Happy 107th birthday to Japanese sisters Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama - who are officially the world's oldest living identical twins.

  • The sisters were born on Nov. 5th, 1913, but were split after elementary school, living on separate islands. In fact, they rarely saw each other until they began traveling together in their 70's.
  • They were officially recognized as Guinness World Record holders on Monday - a coinciding with the national holiday Respect for the Aged Day.

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