Nijiro Tokuda

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Nijiro Tokuda (徳田 二次郎, Tokuda Nijirō, born June 10, 1895, died 12 June 2006) was the oldest man in Japan and, at his death, aged 111, was the sixth oldest (verified) man in the world [1]. He was believed to have become the "doyen" of Japan following the passing of Kohachi Shigetaka almost one year before at age 110. Tokuda lived in the care house Sakura no Sono in Kagoshima. Although he had been using a walking aid since fracturing his foot about 10 years ago, he continued to be an avid photographer and shot pictures of a local summer festival using a camera he's owned for 20 or more years. The oldest verified man in history (though his case is disputed) was also a Japanese man, Shigechiyo Izumi, who died in 1986 at the claimed record age of 120.

He walked to the facility's cantina three times a day and occasionally travelled in a wheelchair out in public, as when he voted in Japan's general election of late 2005.

When someone asked him how he lived so long, he said: "It is important not to strain yourself. You can live a long life if you stay quiet and calm."