World Record of ‘oldest man in the world’ has been achieved by Jiroemon Kimura from Japan.

Jiroemon is 115 years old; he was born 19 April 1897 in Japan. The super-centenarian has 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren, the youngest being an 11-month-old great-great-grandson. He worked in a post office for about 40 years before turning to farming after his retirement, continuing until the age of 90. Kimura also occasionally reads newspapers because he does not want to ‘lose track of things going.