A retired Japanese farmer was named the world's oldest man today at 112 years and 344 days - and said the secret to a long life is 'not to get angry and keep a smile on your face.' He was four years younger than the world's oldest living person, Kane Tanaka, a 117-year-old Japanese woman. Mr Watanabe's daughter-in-law - wife of his eldest son Tetsuo, said: 'I've never seen him raise his voice or get mad. Until about a decade ago, Mr Watanabe used to grow bonsai trees and had a collection of about 100 which he used to exhibit. The record for the oldest man ever was held by Jiroemon Kimura, of Japan, who was born in April 1897 and passed away aged 116 years 54 days in June, 2013.

Source: Daily Mail February 12, 2020 13:48 UTC