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World’s oldest man in Japan celebrates 112th birthday

By dpa/NAN
05 February 2015   |   3:13 pm
A JAPANESE man recognised as the world's oldest living male by Guinness World Records turned 112 on Thursday. Sakari Momoi, a resident of Saitama city, north of Tokyo, responded with a smile as his family celebrated his birthday with him, citing his 66-year-old son, Hiroo. ``Momoi lives in a hospital in Tokyo. He enjoys his…

A JAPANESE man recognised as the world’s oldest living male by Guinness World Records turned 112 on Thursday.

Sakari Momoi, a resident of Saitama city, north of Tokyo, responded with a smile as his family celebrated his birthday with him, citing his 66-year-old son, Hiroo.

“Momoi lives in a hospital in Tokyo. He enjoys his food, stays active and practices calligraphy,’’ the family told newsmen.

The family said that they were very happy that Momoi has reached the birthday safe and sound.

The native of Minamisoma in Fukushima prefecture used to be an agricultural chemistry teacher and principal of public high schools in prefectures of Fukushima and Saitama.

The world’s oldest woman is Misao Okawa, a 116-year-old Japanese in Osaka. (dpa/NAN)

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