At age 112, world’s oldest man dies in Japan

The world’s oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, has kicked the bucket. The Japanese national died at the age of 112 at a hospital in the central Japanese city of Nagoya where he lived for the last six years.

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Koide, who was named the oldest person living (male) by Guinness World Records at the impressive age of 112 years and 161 days, said that the key to a long life was to “live with joy”.

The centenarian, according to a Japanese official, died of heart failure and pneumonia just two months short of his 113rd birthday.

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