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In
this Aug. 21, 2015 photo, Yasutaro Koide smiles upon being formally recognized
as the world's oldest man by the Guinness World Records at a nursing home in
Nagoya, central Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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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.
AP
report continues:
Yasutaro
Koide, born on March 13, 1903, died two months short of his 113th birthday.
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.
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
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.
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In
this Aug. 21, 2015, photo, Yasutaro Koide, 112, holds the Guinness World
Records certificate as he is formally recognized as the world's oldest man at a
nursing home in Nagoya, central Japan. Koide, who was born on March 13, 1903,
has died on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, two months short of his 113th birthday. (AP
Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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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
(male or female) is an American woman, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, New
York.
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