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The world’s oldest man, a Japanese, dies at age 112 The world’s oldest man, a Japanese, dies at age 112
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TOKYO — The world’s oldest man, a Japanese who died at the age of 112, said his secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink or overdo it. TOKYO — The world’s oldest man, a Japanese, died Tuesday at the age of 112 after suffering chronic heart problems, officials said.
Yasutaro Koide, born on March 13, 1903, died two months short of his 113th birthday. Yasutaro Koide had said his secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink or overdo it.
Koide (pronounced “Koy-deh”) worked as a tailor when he was younger. He was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man in August. Koide, who was born on March 13, 1903, died two months short of his 113th birthday.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said he died early Tuesday at a hospital in Nagoya, central Japan, where he had been treated for chronic heart problems. In the year he was born, the Wright brothers made their historic first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and a modernizing Japan was embroiled in a dispute with Russia over Manchuria that would erupt into the Russo-Japanese War in early 1904.
In Japan, 111-year-old Tokyo native Masamitsu Yoshida, born on May 30, 1904, succeeds Koide as the oldest man. It was not immediately known whether Yoshida is also the world’s oldest male. Koide (pronounced “Ko-ee-deh”) worked as a tailor when he was younger. He was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man last August.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said he died at a hospital in Nagoya, central Japan, where he had been treated for heart problems.
Japan’s oldest man is now Masamitsu Yoshida, a 111-year-old Tokyo native who was born on May 30, 1904. It was not immediately known whether Yoshida is also the world’s oldest male.
Japan, a rapidly aging country, has more than 61,000 centenarians, according to the nation’s family registration records. Nearly 90 percent are women.Japan, a rapidly aging country, has more than 61,000 centenarians, according to the nation’s family registration records. Nearly 90 percent are women.
The world’s oldest person is an American woman, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, New York.The world’s oldest person is an American woman, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, New York.
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