Five-year-old Mana Umemoto has become the youngest person ever to receive the title Doctor of Yokai Monsters.
Umemoto, from Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, has passed the beginners' level exam that tests knowledge of the yokai creatures of Japanese folklore. These are spiritual beings that inhabit tales and cast specific influences, often malevolent.
The beginners' exam tests candidates on their knowledge of some 50 yokai monsters, requiring them to name the creatures' birthplaces and characteristics.