Yasutaro Koide, the oldest man in the world, died on Tuesday of a heart problem. This Japanese, born in 1903, was over 112 years old.
“The best thing to do is to live with joy and to avoid working too much”, it is thanks to this credo that the Japanese Yasutaro Koide was able to live a very long time. The latter even held a longevity record which has just stopped. The man died on Tuesday at the age of 112, local authorities said.
Yasutaro Koide was born on March 13, 1903, a few months before the Orville brothers and Wilbur Wright do the first flight with a motorized aircraft. Victim of pneumonia and a heart attack, he died in hospital in Nagoya, a city in the center of the archipelago where he lived for many years, said an official from the country’s fourth city. by the population.
Originally from Fukui prefecture (north-west), the former tailor was officially recognized as the oldest man in the world in July 2015, succeeding his compatriot Sakari Momoi, one month his senior.
Why Japan holds the records
In this area, it should be noted that Japan holds all the records. About a quarter of the population of the country of the Rising Sun is in fact aged 65 and over, a proportion which should even reach 40% by 2060. Consequently, there were nearly 55,000 centenarians listed in Japan in September 2013, according to official statistics from the Ministry of Health. A record in the world!
To explain it, Philippe Amouyel, specialist in the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease, told Why actor in 2014 that the Japanese benefit in particular from genetic predispositions to longevity. This expert also returned to regular physical activity and meditation, widely practiced there, which benefit the Japanese.
Finally, for those who are already interested in the nationality, the name and the age of the new dean of the world male population, know that it was not yet known this Tuesday. American Susannah Mushatt Jones, born in 1899 and currently 116 years old, is the defending champion on the women’s side.
And in France, the new oldest of the French (and of the South American continent) is Eudoxie Baboul, a Guyanese. At 114 years old, she owes her longevity, according to her family, to the quack, a cassava semolina widely consumed in Guyana. To last, everyone has their own recipe!
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