Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Oldest man, 112, wants to live forever

Earlier today, the world's oldest man marked his 112th birthday in south-western Japan. He told reporters and well-wishers that he wants to live and have an infinite birthdays. This man was Tomoji Tanabe, and he was born on September 18th, in 1895. He took the title "Oldest man" when Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, of Puerto Rico past away last January, who was 115 and held the title of "the Oldest man" before he past away. For being the world's oldest man, Tomoji Tanabe received a certificate from the Guinness world records, verifying him as the oldest man in the world. This man was also congratulated and received a bouquet from the major of Miyakonojo City in Miyazaki, which is the place Tanabe lives in. Tomoji is in good health and condition, he still drinks milk everyday and take no alcohol or smoking. The number of people aged 100 and over has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years in Japan.
From my personal opinion, I think this that Japan is becoming a very strong country, rapidly. As the world progresses every day, so is Japan individually. As you can see from statistics, Japan’s health rate has goon up by a lot over the past 10 years. This is telling us that Japan is becoming a dominant country in the world. Having the world’s oldest person living in Japan promotes a great deal of living condition in Japan and this could be a pull factor as for immigration and have more skilled workers to come into Japan. Japan was always a strong country with good living conditions, but with world’s oldest living in Japan, provides a bonus for promoting the country as a whole and Japan is not far from being a dominant country in the future.

1 comment:

Craig said...

I don't agree with you Zhang, that Japan has the highest living rate in the world. I just think it all depends on how each individual person takes care of thier body during thier lifetime. Unless, you supply me with truth that Japan has the highest growth rate, I will still think that you are wrong.