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世界最年长男子辞世 享年112岁

Sakari Momoi, a Japanese man recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest male, has died at the age of 112, local media reported on Tuesday.

当地媒体周二报道,百井盛,一名来自日本、被吉尼斯世界纪录认可的世界最年长的男性近日辞世,享年112岁。
Sakari Momoi
Sakari Momoi
 
Momoi, who lived in the city of Saitama near Tokyo, was recognized by Guinness as the oldest man in August 2014. 
 
He died of chronic kidney failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sunday. 
 
Momoi, formerly a teacher, taught agricultural chemistry at public high schools in Saitama and Fukushima prefectures. 
 
Following his death, Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old man in Nagoya, has become the oldest man in Japan, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
 
Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person, died at the age of 117 in Osaka in April.