Japanese man becomes world's oldest
A retired Japanese silkworm breeder has become the world's oldest man.
Yukichi Chuganji has inherited the Guinness Book of Records title at the age of 112.
Chuganji was informed after Italian Antonio Todde, died in Sardinia in January, just shy of his 113th birthday.
Born March 23, 1889, in the farming town of Ogori, Chuganji had been a silkworm breeder and adviser since graduating from technical school as a teenager in the early 1900s.
Todde was born on January 22, 1889.
"I was surprised and pleased by the honor. I could live a few more years," his daughter Kyoko quoted her father as saying.
Asked about his secret to longevity, Kyoko said: "My daddy eats and drinks alcohol moderately. And he is an optimist."
Yukichi, who is bed-ridden, lives with Kyoko. He sits up in bed when he eats and likes beef and pork with his meals of rice and miso soup, Kyoko said.
