Aug 27 (Japan Times) - Motoi Fukunishi, the oldest man in Japan, has died, it was learned Wednesday. He was 110.
Fukunishi, who lived in the city of Shimotsuma in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, died on Saturday, according to the Ibaraki prefectural government.
As a result, the oldest living man in the country is now Mikizo Ueda, also 110, of the western city of Nara, health ministry officials said.