World's oldest man enjoys sweets, sumo wrestling and soaking in Japan's hot springs

A supercentenarian whose family has run a hot springs inn in northern Japan for four generations has been certified as the world's oldest living man.

World's oldest man enjoys sweets, sumo wrestling and soaking in Japan's hot springs

A supercentenarian whose family has run a hot springs inn in northern Japan for four generations has been certified as the world's oldest living man.

Masazo Nonaka, aged 112 years and 259 days, received the certificate from Guinness World Records in a ceremony at his home in Ashoro, on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, and celebrated with a big cake.

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