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A 111-year-old Japanese engineer was yesterday awarded official recognition as the world's oldest man.
Tomoji Tanabe was given a certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records by the mayor of his local municipality.
Tanabe was born on September 18, 1895. With the recognition, Japan boasts having both the world's oldest man and the oldest woman - Yone Minagawa, 114
