A Japanese man recognised as the world’s oldest living male by Guinness World Records turned 112 on Thursday.
Sakari Momoi, who received a certificate from Guinness World Records in 2014 as the world’s oldest living person, took the title from Alexander Imich, an America, who passed away on June 8, 2014, aged 111 years and 124 days.
Momoi, a resident of Saitama city, north of Tokyo, responded with a smile as his family celebrated his birthday with him, citing his 66-year-old son, Hiroo.
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“Momoi lives in a hospital in Tokyo. He enjoys his food, stays active and practices calligraphy,” the family told newsmen.
The family said that they were very happy that Momoi had reached the birthday safe and sound.
The native of Minamisoma in Fukushima prefecture used to be an agricultural chemistry teacher and principal of public high schools in prefectures of Fukushima and Saitama.
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The world’s oldest woman is Misao Okawa, a 116-year-old Japanese based in Osaka.
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There exist a man in Ekiti state ( The oluwaro of iwaro in Iloro Ekiti ) who recently clocks 150 years of age. The formal governor of the state pays homage to the man in his hometown. Baba James Olofintuyi was said to be 170 but later, the family brought it down to 150.
Baba whose firstborn is older than his last wife has several children of blessed memory and has many who are still living.
He has witness three monarch reign in the town….
I don’t agree that a man age 112 is the oldest man in the world. there are people older than that in my community
Empirically I disagree with the record don’t go too far My Grandmother is over 118Years living in Osun State Ede.till this time of comment…so where do they get their facts and what forms the basis..Guinness Book of Records please validate ur findings
Our retired Cardinal’s mother is still alive. Christian Cardinal Tumi is 85 and the mother is 122 . Is it because they are in Africa that these records ignore them? After all, who needs their stories?
Guiness Book of Record is for the white, where is the black own. Can the black never keep record of their history up till this century? How long do the black race remain dependent and never quest for their own lifelihood? You too can begin JOHN BOOK OF RECORD for blackrace.