World’s oldest man is Japanese again

Japan temporarily lost its mantle as home to the world’s oldest man, but regained it after the passing of 115-year old Emiliano Mercado Del Toro of Puerto Rico in January. The world’s oldest man is now 112-years young Tomoji Tanabe who lives in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture. Apparently there are now around 28,000 Japanese over 100 years old, and this number is expected to rise to an astonishing 1m people by 2050, almost 2% of the expected population at that time.