Nijiro Tokuda
Nijiro Tokuda (徳田 二次郎 Tokuda Nijirō, June 10, 1895 – June 12, 2006)[1] was the oldest man in Japan for a period of 11 months from 3 July 2005. At 111 years and 2 days, Tokuda was the sixth oldest verified living man in the world at the time of his death.
Biography[edit]
Tokuda was born in the town of Kawanabe (present-day Minamikyūshū), Kagoshima Prefecture on June 10, 1895.[2] In 1914 he joined the ja, the predecessor to the modern NTT phone company, and worked in Osaka.[2] Following his retirement he returned to his hometown of Kawanabe, where he stayed until he moved into an old-aged care facility in Kagoshima city in 2001. Tokuda's main hobby was photography, which he continued even after beginning to reside in the facility.[2]
Tokuda became the oldest man in Japan upon the death of ja on July 3, 2005, at the age of 110.[2] Later that month, he was quoted in the Nikkei Shimbun as saying that the secret to a long life was to "Get along well with everybody. Help others if they are in trouble."[3] Tokuda was admitted to a hospital in Kagoshima city in April 2006 and died of natural causes on the night of June 12, two days after his 111th birthday.[4][2] Upon Tokuda's death, Tomoji Tanabe became Japan's oldest man.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Deaths for 2006 (in Chronological Order)". Gerontology Research Group.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "男性最高齢の徳田さん死去 鹿児島、１１１歳" [Oldest man Tokuda dies, Kagoshima, aged 111] (in Japanese). 13 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2016.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Kuwahara, Manako. "企業と高齢消費者のコミュニケーション" [Communication between business and elderly consumers] (PDF). The Association of Consumer Affairs Professionals. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
Original quote: みんなと仲良くすること。ほかの人が難儀していたら助けること。 - ↑ "Japan's oldest man dies". NBC News. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ "Japan's oldest man dies at 111". 13 June 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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