World's oldest man dies in Japan aged 112

Chitetsu Watanabe, recognised by Guinness World Records as World’s oldest man, dies aged 112.

A Japanese man recently named the world's oldest living male has died aged 112, a local official said Tuesday.

Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born on March 5, 1907 in Niigata, north of Tokyo, died on Sunday at his nursing home in the same prefecture, the official said.