Masazo Nonaka of Japan, aged 112, smiles after being awarded the Guinness World Records oldest male person living title in Ashoro, Hokkaido prefecture on April 10, 2018.Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT
Tokyo: Masazo Nonaka (pic) from Japan was recognised as the world’s oldest man at the ripe old age of 112, as his family revealed his secret: sweets and hot baths.
Nonaka, who was born on July 25, 1905 – just months before Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity – received a certificate from Guinness World Records at home on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido and celebrated the recognition with a big cake.
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