SAITAMA - A resident of Saitama city near Tokyo who was recognized as the world's oldest man last August by Guinness World Records turned 112 Thursday.
Sakari Momoi responded with a smile as his family helped him celebrate, according to his third son Hiroo, 66.
Momoi, who lives at a healthcare institution in Tokyo, mostly finishes his meals and participates in activities such as throwing a ball and practicing calligraphy, according to the family.
The native of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture used to be an agricultural chemistry teacher and principal of prefectural government-run high schools in Fukushima and Saitama.
The world's oldest woman recognized by Guinness is Misao Okawa, a 116-year-old Japanese in Osaka.
==Kyodo
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