Yesterday , Guinness World Records recognized 114 - year - former Japanese cleaning lady Misao Ookawa as the reality ’s oldest living charwoman with a certificate , seen here .
Then Reuters , either unfazed by or incognizant of the superstitious implications , did the unthinkableand call the award an “ early natal day nowadays , ” before going on to adjudge that “ next workweek , Ookawa will rack up one more year of living on March 5 as she turn 115 . ”
We are knocking on all the wood we can get our hands on , and we further you to do the same — but we ’re affirmative . consort to Japanese medium , Ookawa has never had a major illness in her life . Plus she ’s super layer - head and amazing in that way that supercentenarians often tend to be :

“ Given everything , it ’s somewhat good , ” she say upon receiving the certificate .
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