Japanese 111-year-old becomes world's oldest man

Japanese Sakari Momoi, aged 111, receives a certificate naming him as the world's oldest man by the Guinness World Records at a hospital in Tokyo on August 20, 2014

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese man born months before the Wright brothers carried out the first human flight was recognised Wednesday as the world's oldest male at the age of 111.

Sakari Momoi, a former high school principal who was born on February 5, 1903, received a certificate from Guinness World Records confirming the achievement.