Oudste man sterft op 116-jarige leeftijd in Japan

Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in recorded history, has died at the age of 116.

Kimura died of natural causes in the hospital in his hometown of Kyotango, western Japan, at 2:08 a.m. today, the local government said in a faxed statement. Hospitalized for pneumonia on May 11, over the past few days his response, blood-sugar level and urine production had declined, according to the statement. A date for his funeral is yet to be set.