Chitetsu Watanabe as a young man (left) and at age 112 (right) Courtesy of Guinness World Records On February 12, representatives of Guinness World Records visited Chitetsu Watanabe’s nursing ...

Chitetsu Watanabe passed away on Sunday in Japan. The Japanese man who was recently named the world's oldest living male person has passed away at the age of 112. Chitetsu Watanabe was honored by ...

Chitetsu Watanabe of northern Japan died Sunday, Guinness World Records and the funeral home handling his services confirmed Tuesday. He had not been able to eat recently and developed a fever ...

Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born in Niigata, Japan in 1907, received a certificate for his accomplishment from Guinness World Records on Wednesday at a nursing home in the city. The previous record ...

Guinness World Records had given the certificate to Chitetsu Watanabe on Feb. 12. The organization and the funeral home handling his services confirmed Tuesday he had died Sunday. No cause was given.

Grinning Chitetsu Watanabe was given a certificate by Guinness World Records at his care home in Niigata, the city in northern Japan where he was born in 1907. The father-of-five, who used to ...

Chitetsu Watanabe turns 113 next month, but he got an early birthday present from Guinness World Records, which confirmed that he is the world's oldest living man. Chitetsu Watanabe turns 113 next ...