--- title: World's Oldest Man Sakari Momoi Dies in Tokyo at Age 112 description: Sakari Momoi the oldest living man has died in Tokyo, while the oldest woman Susannah Mushatt Jones celebrates her 116th birthday canonical: https://time.com/3947759/worlds-oldest-man-dies-sakari-momoi/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Jul 7, 2015 2:31 PM UTC  In this Aug. 20, 2014, file photo, Sakari Momoi, a Japanese retired educator, poses for a photo after receiving a certificate from Guinness World Records as Momoi was recognized as the world’s oldest living man, in Tokyo. In this Aug. 20, 2014, file photo, Sakari Momoi, a Japanese retired educator, poses for a photo after receiving a certificate from Guinness World Records as Momoi was recognized as the world’s oldest living man, in Tokyo. Kyodo News—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 7, 2015 2:31 PM UTC Sakari Momoi, the world’s oldest living man, died at 112 from kidney failure at a Tokyo nursing home, Saitama city official Aya Kato said Tuesday, the [_Associated Press_ reports.](http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-oldest-man-dies-japan-age-112-060701761.html) A former high school principal who loved Chinese poetry, he has said in the past that sleep was his secret to long life. The title of world’s oldest living man would now go to another 112-year-old Japanese man, Yasutaro Koide, according to the most recent chart tracking super-centenarians compiled by the [Gerontology Research Group](http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html). On the opposite side of the globe, the world’s oldest living woman, Susannah Mushatt Jones, turned 116 on Monday in Brooklyn, New York. 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