Japan’s economy expanded in July-September at a faster pace than initially reported thanks to upward revisions in capital investment and exports, keeping alive market expectations for a near ...

A Brazilian nun is now the oldest person alive. Born on May 23, 1908, Tomiko Itooka became Japan's longest-living person in December 2023 following the death of 116-year-old Fusa Tatsumi in ...

TOKYO -- Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata ...

Tomiko Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, central Japan, an official in charge of elderly policies, Yoshitsugu Nagata, announced. Itooka, who became the Guinness World Record ...

MIDORI, Gunma Prefecture--A pandemic, a nuclear disaster, and a lack of profitability have not been strong enough forces to stop Japan’s only circus school from helping performers achieve their ...