Sakari Momoi (L), a resident of Saitama prefecture, writes a message to communicate with Saitama Mayor Hayato Shimizu (R) in Tokyo, in this Kyodo file photo taken September 2013. REUTERS/Kyodo/Files
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sakari Momoi, who was recognized as the world's oldest man and credited healthy eating and getting plenty of sleep for his longevity, has died at the age of 112, Japanese media said on Tuesday.
Momoi was born in an area of Fukushima hit hard by the tsunami and nuclear meltdowns of four years ago in February 1903 - the year the teddy bear was introduced and Orville Wright carried out the first powered, heavier-than-air flight.
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