A 108-year-old woman from eastern Japan was officially recognized Wednesday by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest female barber.Shitsui Hakoishi from Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, received the certificate of recognition at a local venue as neighbors and regular customers celebrated her achievement."Life has been full of hardships since I was young, but I'm truly happy," she said.Hakoishi, who began her apprenticeship at a barbershop in Tokyo at 14, obtained her barber's license in 1936.She opened a shop with her husband, a fellow barber, but she evacuated to her hometown after…READ FULL ARTICLE
