Chitetsu Watanabe died on Tuesday at the age of 112, just 11 days after he was confirmed by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man
Watanabe was born in Niigata — the northern port city on Honshu, Japan’s main island — back on March 5, 1907, according toThe first of his parents’ eight children, he would go on to study agriculture and find work as a staffer at Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar. He later relocated to Taiwan to help conclude sugar can plantation contracts there.
Back home, Watanabe got a job in the agricultural branch of the Niigata Prefectural office. He worked there until his retirement and stayed active in agriculture until well after that, growing fruits and vegetables at his home farm until he was 104. It was there, on Feb. 12, that he was presented with the Guinness World Records’ title of oldest living man. At the ceremony, which was filmed by the organization and put on its YouTube page, Watanabe wore a blazer and sat in a wheelchair. He smiled widely throughout, holding a bouquet of flowers he was gifted, and posing with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.When asked there what the secret was to a long life, Watanabe said, “to smile.
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