The world’s oldest man has died in Japan at the age of 112-years-old.
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In August, Yasutaro the was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest living man in the world.
Mr Koide was born on March 13, 1903, the year that the Wright Brothers created the first ever successful plane and the year the debut Tour de France cycling race took place.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, relatives of Koide said he passed away following being admitted to a hospital in Nagoya for heart disease, having fallen ill a month earlier. He became the oldest man after the death of Sakari Momoi of Tokyo at the age of 112.
At the time he was quoted as saying his secret to long life was not smoking or drinking, not to overdo things and to “live with joy”.
He is succeeded as the oldest man in Japan by 111-year-old Tokyo native Masamitsu Yoshida. Currently, Japan has more than 61,000 centenarians as per Japan’s family registration records among whom almost 90 per cent are women. Wevaer was replaced by Jeralean Talley, another American, who lasted as the world’s oldest person for 72 days before dying on June 17, 2015, thereby handing the title to Jones, who’s been on top for 215 days.
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It is not known if there is a woman older than Mushatt living in Turkey waiting to be recognized by Guinness.
