World’s oldest man reveals cake secret to longevity. During his Guinness World Records certificate ceremony at his home in Ashoro, Japan, Masazo Nonaka dug into his secret to longevity: a big cake with berries. The 112-year-old was named Tuesday as the world’s oldest living man. He turns 113 in July.
Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905, and credits the feat with not only eating sweets, but regular soaks in the hot springs and reading the newspaper every morning. He also loves watching samurai dramas on TV.
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Nonaka’s family says he’s still very able, though he uses a wheelchair.
According to TIME, Nonaka is one of about 67,800 centenarians in Japan, which also has the highest average life expectancy: 80.98 for men and 87.14 for women, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Born in July 1905, Nonaka was also the oldest person ever born in Hokkaidō. He had two brothers and three sisters; Nonaka married Hatsuno Nonaka in 1931. He ran the family onsen, which opened in 1905. Guinness says Nonaka, who has survived all seven of his siblings, his wife and two of his five children, replaced their former oldest living man: Francisco Olivera of Spain, who died earlier this year at age 113. The current oldest living woman is 117-year-old Nabi Tajima from Japan, who is also the world’s oldest person (and is expected to be certified by Guinness).
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Emma Morano of Italy, born in 1899 died in April 2017 at the age of 118, swore by her “two raw eggs a day” diet, but said the real secret to her old age was her independence. At the time of her death, she was also the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s. She is the oldest Italian person and the third-oldest European person ever.
Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of Guinness says “Mr. Nonaka’s achievement is remarkable — he can teach us all an important lesson about the value of life and how to stretch the limits of human longevity.”
