The oldest man in the world

A Japanese man was officially recognized as the oldest man in the world and was named in the Guinness Book of World Records yesterday (June 18). The 111-year-old engineer joked that he was " sorry " for living . for too long.

Mr. Tanabe currently lives in Miyazaki Prefecture, north of Kyushu Island. He was born on September 18, 1895, before the Japanese became a powerful country in the world, Australia was independent and before the Wright brothers invented the first aircraft. Tomoji Tanabe is a person who abstains from alcohol, his main food is vegetables and he eats very little fat. He repeated that not drinking alcohol was his long life secret.

He became the oldest person in the world after his grandfather Emiliano Mercado del Toro died at 115 on January 24 this year. To find the world's oldest man, the Guinness world record representative contacted a representative of Miyakonojo city to confirm Mr. Tanabe's birthday and complete the file.

Currently, Japan is the country holding two world records for the world's oldest person, that is the world's oldest lady, Yone Minagawa - 114 years old. And yesterday Mr.Tomoji Tanabe was also recognized as the world's oldest man.

According to the Japanese government, there are more than 28,000 people in Japan, most of them are 100-year-old women.

Japan is a famous country because of the highest average life expectancy in the world. Having this achievement by Japan is a country with a very good diet for health. Moreover, the way of life of people here is not as pervasive as in other rich countries.

However, long life also leads to concern because the country is currently the country with the lowest birth rate in the world. In the future, the demographic crisis will lead to a shortage of manpower for this country.

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