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Retired Japanese teacher is world’s oldest man at 111 years!

A 111-year-old Japanese former head teacher has been officially recognized as the world’s oldest living man .

He received a Guinness World Records certificate yesterday (August 20) after succeeding American Alexander Imich who died in April.

Sakari Momoi was born February 5, 1903, in Fukushima prefecture, where he became a teacher.

He is one of 54,000 centenarians in Japan where the average life expectancy is 80.21 years for men and 86.61 years for women.

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