by Yumi (優美) Yamamoto | Oct 9, 2025 | News, Popular, Validation
LongeviQuest had the opportunity to speak with the family of Tomi Ōno (大野とみ), a 112-year-old resident of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Through their stories, we learned about her resilience in later life and her peaceful days in her hometown of Tsuru. Early Life and...
by Yumi (優美) Yamamoto | Sep 24, 2025 | News, Popular, Validation
We had the privilege of speaking with the family of Masao Kadoguchi, one of Japan’s longest-living men in Japan and the oldest living person in Nagasaki Prefecture. Through their words, we came to understand his life, shaped by love, care, gratitude, and a strong...
by Yumi (優美) Yamamoto | Sep 22, 2025 | News, Popular, Validation
We were grateful to have the opportunity to interview with the family of Koyū Morita (森田コユウ), 112, the oldest resident of Osaka, Japan. Here, we would like to share what we learned about her life and the daily habits that have supported her longevity. Living as a...
by Yumi (優美) Yamamoto | Sep 15, 2025 | News, Popular, Validation
Today is Japan Respect for the Aged Day (Keiro-no-Hi), a holiday in Japan that celebrates the wisdom and longevity of older generations. According to the announcement by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan, the number of centenarians in the...
by Stefan Maglov | Aug 19, 2025 | News, Validation
Tomás Pinales Figuereo, a Dominican man who claimed to have been 114 at the time of his death in 2020, has been officially validated as the former World’s Oldest Living Man (2019–2020) and as the oldest known person in the nation’s history. The Global Validation...
by Stefan Maglov | Jul 7, 2025 | News, Validation
Amalia López Celis, a former longevity claimant who was reported to have died at age 116 in 2014, has been officially validated by LongeviQuest as a supercentenarian. However, research determined that she was actually two years younger than claimed, passing away at...
