World's Oldest Living Male From Japan On A Secret of Long Life 'Don't Get Angry & Keep Smiling,'
Meet Chitetsu Watanabe. One hundred twelve years and 344 days old as of February 12, Watanabe is formally the world’s most aged living male, affirms the Guinness World Records.
Watanabe was conceived on March 5, 1907, in Niigata and was the first of eight kids to Miya and Haruzo.
After passing agriculture school, Chitetsu worked as a staff member from Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar and moved to Taiwan to help close the sugar cane plantation business there.
In a meeting with a nearby paper, Watanabe shared his mystery to life span: “Not to get angry and keep smiling.”
Watanabe isn’t as active as he was earlier. In any case, his everyday tasks included origami, calligraphy, exercises, and math practices until the previous summer.
Mr. Watanabe’s daughter-in-law, the spouse of his oldest child Tetsuo, stated: “I’ve never observed him speak loudly or get angry. He’s very caring. I think having lived with a large family under one rooftop, blending with his grandkids and great-grandkids, helped keep a smile all over too.”
During his 18 years in Taiwan, Chitetsu wedded Mitsue, and four out of five of their kids were conceived there. He additionally served in the military towards the finish of the Pacific War in 1944.
After the war, Chitetsu came back to his old neighborhood Niigata. As per Yoko Watanabe, spouse of Tetsuo, the first child of Chitetsu, it was one of the most troublesome periods for the family.
“Both Chitetsu and Tetsuo revealed to me that finding a good place to live and finding food was a battle. Living under that condition with four little youngsters probably been intense”, Yoko said.
In 1974, he and his child Tetsuo constructed another family home with a hectare of farmland where they cultivated tomatoes, strawberries, potatoes, and plums.
He additionally took a shot at his bonsai until he was set to live in a nursing home. As indicated by Yoko, he had more than 100 bonsai trees arranged! He likewise introduced his work at neighborhood shows until 2007.
The record of the most aged man at any point was held by Jiroemon Kimura (Japan). He was conceived on April 19, 1897, and died at 116 years old years and 54 days on June 12 out of 2013. Kane Tanaka, who is right now the oldest lady living, as of late, commended her 117th birthday celebration in January.