Yasutaro Koide, born on March 13, died today
at the age of 112. The Japanese who said his
secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink
or overdo it. Koide worked as a tailor when he
was younger and was recognised by the
Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest
man in August 2015.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
said he died early today, January 19, at a
hospital in Nagoya, central Japan, where he
had been treated for chronic heart problems.
He is succeeded as the oldest man in Japan
by 111-year-old Tokyo native Masamitsu
Yoshida. It was not immediately known
whether Yoshida is now the oldest male in the
world.
According to the Japan's family registration
records, the country has more than 61,000
centenarians. Nearly 90 per cent are women.
Source: The Independent
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