A 108-year-old Japanese woman crowned the world’s oldest barber

Guinness World Records has officially recognised a 108-year-old Japanese woman as the world’s oldest professional barber.

Shitsui Hakoishi, who turns 109 this year, says she plans to retire when she turns 110, saying she can no longer take as many customers as before because of knee pain.

After earning her licence in Tokyo in 1936, she opened a shop with her husband, but was evacuated to her hometown of Nakagawa after it was destroyed…