Guinness World Records has formally recognised a 112-year-old Japanese as the world’s oldest man. Yasutaro Koide, who lives in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, received the formal designation on Friday as family and city dignitaries applauded.
Mr. Koide was born on March 13, 1903, and worked as a tailor when he was younger. He became the world’s oldest man with the death of Sakari Momoi of Tokyo in July at age 112. Yasutaro is doing well for his age, living at home and regularly attending a day care centre . He still is able to walk when he is at home, but otherwise he uses a wheelchair, he uses his own teeth rather than dentures to eat and can read the newspaper without glasses.
