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Detailed explanation-1: -The sisters – Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama – were born on […] The Guinness World Records has now recognised two Japanese sisters who are now certified as the world’s oldest living identical twins at 107 years and 300 days.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Japanese siblings are also the oldest identical twins to have ever lived. As Mari Yamaguchi reports for the Associated Press (AP), Sumiyama and Kodama were born on Shodoshima island in western Japan on November 5, 1913.

Detailed explanation-3: -Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama (Japan) have been confirmed as the oldest identical twins living (female) and the oldest identical twins ever (female) at 107 years and 300 days old as of 1 September 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two Japanese sisters have been confirmed as the world’s oldest living identical twins and the oldest ever identical twins at the age of 107. Born on November 5, 1913, Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were 107 years and 300 days old as of September 1, according to a statement from Guinness World Records on Monday.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to a social survey conducted by the Ministry of Education in 1952, there were many superstitions about twins in all parts of Japan. The popular belief seemed to be that mothers were destined to have twins as punishment for their sins, for disgraceful acts, or for violating taboos.