The oldest man in the world died, aged 112 years

The world's oldest man, the Japanese, died on January 19, just two months before his 113th birthday.

According to the AP, Yasutaro Koide died at Nagoya hospital, central Japan because of heart failure. For years, he still lives in Nagoya.

Koide was awarded the title of World's Oldest Man last year.(Photo: AP).

Koide was born on March 13, 1903 in Fukui Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. She was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world in August 2015.

The old man who used to work as a tailor revealed his long-term secret of being moderately active, not overworked and always happy.

Japan is famous as the country with the most elderly people in the world. The population of this country is about 127 million, of which a quarter of the population is 65 or older.

The oldest person in the world today is the 116-year-old American grandmother Susannah Mushatt Jones in Brooklyn, New York.