A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been named the world's oldest female barber by the Guinness World Records this week.

Why a 108-year-old barber has no plans to retire anytime soon - Shitsui Hakoishi holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest female barber

Born on November 10, 1916, to a family of farmers in Nakagawa, Shitsui Hakoishi decided to become a barber at age 14

Shitsui Hakoishi has been recognised as the oldest female barber in the world.According to Independent, a white-haired, slender Japanese woman recived her official certificate of the world's oldest female barber by Guinness

Shitsui Hakoishi has remained on the obstacle-ridden road she embarked on nearly a century ago in helping her customers look their best.

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A 108-year-old Japanese woman in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest female barber.

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.

Before that, she and her children were evacuated elsewhere in the Tochigi prefecture, according to the Guinness website.It took her eight more years before she opened a salon again, calling it Rihatsu Hakoishi,