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Sakari Momoi, an 111-year-old Japanese retired educator, on Wednesday was recognized as the world’s oldest living man by Guinness World Records. Momoi was born on Feb. 5, 1903, in Fukushima.
Momoi succeeds Alexander Imich, of New York, who died in April at the age of 111 years, 164 days.
The world’s oldest living person remains Misao Okawa, a 116-year-old woman from Osaka, Japan, according to Guinness World Records. She was born March 5, 1898.