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Guinness recognizes Japanese man as world's oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Sakari Momoi (R) receives a bouquet from Saitama Mayor Hayato Shimizu in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2014, after the 111-year-old former teacher living in the city was recognized as the world's oldest living man by Guinness World Records. (Pool photo)

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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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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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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A girl (C) replies during an entrance ceremony in the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, as the sole entrant in April 2011, while six senior pupils sat around her. The school is to close in spring 2012.

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils clean a corridor at the 111-year-old wooden building housing the Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012.

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils play in the snow in front of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in February 2012. The school is to close this spring.

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A woman who used to teach at Fukiya Elementary School touches the keyboard of an organ, which has been there since the school's foundation, in the school's 111-year-old wooden building in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in October 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012.

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in August 2011 shows a woodblock print calendar, which has been created every year by pupils of Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, with their parents. The school with its 111-year-old wooden building is to close in spring 2012.

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows pupils' faces through a hole in the hall of the second floor of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012.

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, speaks after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. ''Not drinking alcohol is the best formula for keeping myself healthy,'' he said with a smile.

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, looks at a certificate for being the world's oldest male presented by Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Asked how he feels about getting the certificate, Tanabe said with a smile, ''It is nothing extraordinary.''

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (fore left), a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, poses for a photo with Miyakonoji Mayor Makoto Nagamine (right) after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Standing in the back are Tanabe's family members.

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Miyazaki man listed as world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A 111-year-old man, Tomoji Tanabe (file photo taken September 2006), living in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, has been listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest male, the city government said June 15.

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111-year-old Tanabe celebrates on Respect-for-the-Aged Day

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, the longest lived man in Japan who turned 111 on Respect-for-the-Aged Day on Sept. 18, celebrates with a cake in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Time-honored Irani cafes disappearing in Mumbai

A local man enjoys his breakfast at Kyani & Co., a 111-year-old Irani cafe in Mumbai on July 15, 2015. Such Persian-style teahouses, opened mainly in the 19th century by Zoroastrian Iranian immigrants who fled the persecution of the Islamic dynasty, flourished into popular local eateries but are now disappearing due to city redevelopment and a lack of successors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Time-honored Irani cafes disappearing in Mumbai

Locals enjoy tea at Kyani & Co., a 111-year-old Irani cafe in Mumbai, on July 15, 2015. Such Persian-style teahouses, opened mainly in the 19th century by Irani Zoroastrian immigrants who fled the persecution of the Islamic dynasty, flourished into popular local eateries but are now disappearing due to city redevelopment and a lack of successors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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111-year-old Tanabe celebrates on Respect-for-the-Aged Day

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, the longest lived man in Japan who turned 111 on Respect-for-the-Aged Day on Sept. 18, celebrates with a cake in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, speaks after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. ''Not drinking alcohol is the best formula for keeping myself healthy,'' he said with a smile. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, looks at a certificate for being the world's oldest male presented by Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Asked how he feels about getting the certificate, Tanabe said with a smile, ''It is nothing extraordinary.'' (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (fore left), a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, poses for a photo with Miyakonoji Mayor Makoto Nagamine (right) after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Standing in the back are Tanabe's family members. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man listed as world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A 111-year-old man, Tomoji Tanabe (file photo taken September 2006), living in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, has been listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest male, the city government said June 15. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A woman who used to teach at Fukiya Elementary School touches the keyboard of an organ, which has been there since the school's foundation, in the school's 111-year-old wooden building in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in October 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A girl (C) replies during an entrance ceremony in the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, as the sole entrant in April 2011, while six senior pupils sat around her. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in August 2011 shows a woodblock print calendar, which has been created every year by pupils of Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, with their parents. The school with its 111-year-old wooden building is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils play in the snow in front of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in February 2012. The school is to close this spring. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows pupils' faces through a hole in the hall of the second floor of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils clean a corridor at the 111-year-old wooden building housing the Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

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Guinness recognizes Japanese man as world's oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Sakari Momoi (R) receives a bouquet from Saitama Mayor Hayato Shimizu in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2014, after the 111-year-old former teacher living in the city was recognized as the world's oldest living man by Guinness World Records. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)