World’s oldest man dies at 112 in Japan

Tokyo: Sakari Momoi, a Japanese man recognised as the world’s oldest male by Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 112, a media report said on Tuesday.

Momoi died of chronic kidney failure at a hospital in Tokyo on July 5.

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Momoi, who lived in Saitama city near Tokyo, was recognised by Guinness as the oldest man in August 2014, Xinhua news agency reported.

Following his death, Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old man residing in Japan’s Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, has become the oldest man in Japan, according to the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry.

Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman recognised as the world’s oldest person, died at the age of 117 in Osaka in April.