106-year-old gets special 'Best Dresser' award

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Shochi, a 106-year-old academic who has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to have traveled around the world using public transportation, receives a special "Best Dresser" award at a ceremony for the 41st Best Dresser Award held in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012. Shochi is an educator and professor emeritus at Fukuoka University of Education.

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