World 116-year-old Japanese woman crowned the world’s oldest person by Guinness Book of World Records March 9, 2019Joey Garrison, USA TODAYComments Off on 116-year-old Japanese woman crowned the world’s oldest person by Guinness Book of World Records At 116 years and 66 days old, Kane Tanaka was named the new oldest living person in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.