Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The oldest person alive was honored on Japan's Respect for the Aged Day. Tomiko Itooka, now 116 years old, became the world's eldest living resident after Maria Branyas ...

After the death of Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest known living person is now a Japanese woman who is 116 years old.

“Cowboy” Bob Ellis was often celebrated as the world’s oldest living professional wrestler. Turns out, there as one big ...

Elizabeth Francis, the Houston resident who held the record of the oldest living person in the country, has died at 115.

Inah Canabarro Lucas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is now the world’s oldest person. She is also the 20th oldest person in recorded history.

At age 115, England woman Ethel Caterham is officially the oldest person alive, according to LongeviQuest, the database that agency provides age data for Guinness World Records.

Ethel Caterham became the world's oldest living person, per the Gerontology Research Group, after a 116-year-old Brazilian nun and teacher died on Wednesday.