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was 19 March, but that this had been mistakenly recorded as 19 April in 1955 when records from neighbouring towns were consolidated and redone. The researchers concluded, however, that Kimura was listed as being born on 19 March 1897 (as opposed to 19 April 1897, his likely true birth date), on his school records due to his parents' desire to have him begin school a year earlier than his later birthday would have allowed, so that he could graduate from school earlier and begin working on the family farm. During this time in Japan, schoolchildren born before April were one school year ahead of schoolchildren who were born in April or afterwards.
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book; this was the second year in a row Kimura was recognized as the oldest living man in the world, as he also appeared in the book the year before. During the meeting, Kimura said he spent most of his time in bed. On his 116th and final birthday, Kimura received many well-wishes, including a video
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On 27 December 1920, Kimura (then still
Kinjiro Miyake) married his neighbor Yae Kimura (1904–1979), the adopted daughter of Jiroemon Kimura VIII and his wife K. Kimura (1870–1939). The marriage was officially registered two days later. Since his wife's family lacked a male heir, he changed his name
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He was born into a farming family in a fishing village, In his family, Kimura was the fifth child and second surviving son of eight children, six of whom lived to adulthood and five (all except A.M. who died at age 85) became over 90 years old. He had four elder siblings including two elder sisters,
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Kimura's age was further verified by researchers in an article that they published in 2017. After thorough research, including conducting family interviews and searching official records, the authors verified Kimura's age and date of birth. Kimura's nephew
Tamotsu Miyake said his uncle's birthday
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from a tour of Europe. After his national service, Kimura resumed farming until 21 April 1924, when he was appointed a deputy postmaster at the Hira post office. He worked there for the next 38 years until his retirement on 30 June 1962, two months after his 65th birthday and having worked in post
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and response declined. Kimura died of natural causes in a hospital in his hometown of Kyōtango, western Japan, at 2:08 a.m. on 12 June 2013, and was succeeded as the world's oldest living man by
Salustiano Sánchez (born 8 June 1901), and as the oldest living person by fellow Japanese citizen
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On 28 September 1999, aged 102, he appeared on a local television program featuring local residents noted for their longevity. On 17 June 2002, he published an autobiographical pamphlet, "Looking back at my happy 105 years." At the age of 114, upon
Horacio Celi Mendoza's death, Kimura became the
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Jiroemon Kimura, becoming the ninth member of the family to bear that name after his adoptive father-in-law's death in 1927. Kimura and his wife, who were married for more than 58 years, had eight children (six sons and two daughters) of whom all but their second son survived to adulthood.
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On 1 April 1903, Kimura began his primary-school education. An intelligent student, he graduated with the equivalent of an eighth-grade education under the old imperial educational system on 31 March 1911, having had two additional years of schooling beyond what was then compulsory.
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In 1978, Kimura and his wife moved in with their first son and his family. Kimura's wife died the following year, and he continued to live with his first son's family and subsequently with his eldest grandson's family for the remainder of his life, in Kyōtango, Kyoto
Prefecture.
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508:(who was 320 days younger). He was survived by two daughters and three of his five sons (all except his oldest and youngest son, who both died in 1998), 13 of his 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
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in the Mail and
Telecommunications Department, with a salary of 30 yen plus a 30% overseas service allowance. He only stayed in Korea until November, however, before returning to Japan and his work on the farm.
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oldest living man in the world, after already being Japan's oldest living man since Tomoji Tanabe's death on 19 June 2009. On his 114th birthday on 19 April 2011, he mentioned his survival of the 7.6
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491:Kimura was admitted to hospital for
479:message from Japan's prime minister
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289:Kimura was born as Kinjiro Miyake
264:the verified oldest living person
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208:Imperial Japanese Army
1191:Men supercentenarians
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309:of Kamiukawa, in the
214:Years of service
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1186:World record holders
1176:20th-century farmers
1080:老衰のため京都府京丹後市の病院で死去した
853:Breaking News Online
351:Education and career
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875:The Daily Telegraph
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424:Marriage and family
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624:17 December
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524:Kane Tanaka
437:Later years
401:South Korea
229:World War I
1155:Categories
561:References
481:Shinzō Abe
177:Allegiance
139:Yae Kimura
75:1897-04-19
1139:April 19,
1107:4 January
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928:4 January
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217:1918–1921
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262:who was
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160:Children
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