Momoi died of kidney failure in a care home in Saitama on Sunday, but his death was announced on Tuesday.
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Momoi, formerly a teacher, taught agricultural chemistry at public high schools in Saitama and Fukushima prefectures. He repeatedly said that he did not do anything special to achieve longevity but his doctors say he kept to a quite a healthy lifestyle.
The world’s oldest living person recognized by Guinness is Susannah Mushatt Jones, a resident of the USA state of New York, who turned 116 on Monday. In August he was presented with an honorary plaque from the Guinness Book of Records to celebrate his long life.
Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112, an official said on July 7, 2015.
He enjoyed reading, especially Chinese poetry, and also travelling around Japan with his late wife.
After receiving his certificate, he lightly told reporters “I want to live for about two more years”, according to The Telegraph. According to his family, his health only began to deteriorate a fortnight ago.
Following his death, Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old Japanese man who was born a month after Momoi is likely to become the oldest man in the world.
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The East Asian Pacific nation is home to more than 58,000 people aged 100 plus, with a quarter of the population aged 65 and above.
