Japanese recognized as world's oldest man

Japanese recognized as world's oldest man

TOKYO, Japan - Sakari Momoi (R), a 111-year-old Japanese, receives a Guinness World Records certificate as the world's oldest man on Aug. 20, 2014, in Tokyo. The recognition came following the death in June of a Polish-born New Yorker of the same age who previously had the title. Momoi, a former teacher of agricultural chemistry, is receiving care at a health care institution in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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