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...
by Yumi (優美) Yamamoto | Jun 21, 2025 | News, Validation
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the validation of K. I. (full name withheld), the oldest living person in Hokkaido. Born on 8 November 1911, she is currently 113 years old. With consent from her family, she is listed in the rankings under initials. K.I. was born...
by Yumi (優美) Yamamoto | Jun 17, 2025 | News, Validation
－Living Brightly and in Good Health at 110, Once Walked Miles to School as a Girl － LongeviQuest is pleased to share insights into the life of Sumiko Taki (滝壽美子).Now the oldest known living person in Aichi Prefecture, she turned 110 on December 1, 2024, and continues...
by Stefan Maglov | May 19, 2025 | News, Popular, Validation
LongeviQuest is happy to announce that, as of 19 May, we have officially recognized and validated the age of Guillermina Acosta Bilbao as the oldest documented Central American in history. Acosta Bilbao passed away on 13 February 2017, in David, Chiriquí Province,...
