Saturday 22 November 2014

You know Jiroemon Kimura.

Jiroemon Kimura
Surname 木村 次郎 右衛門
Born Kinjiro Miyake (三 宅 金治郎?)
19 April 1897
Kamiukawa (now part of Kyotango), Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Died June 12, 2013
(age 116 years, 54 days)
Japanese citizenship
Retired postal worker, farmer.

Jiroemon Kimura (Kimura Jirōemon 木村 次郎 右衛門 ?, born 19 April 1897 - died June 12, 2013 at the age of 116 years) is the world's oldest person after the death of Dina Manfredini on December 17, 2012. He also was the oldest man with the longest life span in history , and the first man in history to have reached the age of 116 years. Kimura also the last man who was born in the 19th century 113 years since the death of the man, James Sisnett of Barbados on May 23, 2013.
Kimura died of natural causes on June 12, 2013 at the age of 116 years, 54 days.
Kimura became Japan's oldest man who is still alive after the death of Tomoji Tanabe on June 19, 2009, the oldest man in the world after the death of Walter Breuning on April 14, 2011, and the oldest in Japan after the death Chiyono Hasegawa on December 2, 2011.

Early life and education.

Kimura was born with the name Kinjiro Miyake (三 宅 金治郎 Miyake Kinjirō?) On 19 April 1897 Kamiukawa fishing village, he was the third of six children born to a peasant couple Morizo and Fusa Miyake. He completed the second level school in his class at the age of 14 and began working on the local post office around the age of 17. He retired in 1962 at age 65, after working at the post office for 45 years.

Married and career.

In 1920, Kimura also worked as an employee of government communications in Korea, when Korea became a colony of the Imperial Japanese. After returning from Korea, he was married to his neighbor, Yae Kimura (1904-1978). Because of his wife's family did not have a male heir, he changed his name to Jiroemon Kimura, becoming the ninth member of the family that bears that name.

Personal life.

Kimura four siblings lived past the age of 90, and his youngest brother died at the age of 100. Kimura had seven children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 14 canggah. Kimura health conscious and active. After retiring from the post office, he then farmed until the age of 90. He wakes up in the morning and read the newspaper with a magnifying glass. He also enjoyed the conversation and follow the parliamentary debate live on television. According to him, a small portion of food is the key to a long and healthy life. Kimura lived in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, the widow of his eldest son, 83, and his grandson's widow, 59.
In its 114-year anniversary on April 19, 2011, Kimura said that he survived the quake We Tango 1927 measuring 7.6 magnitude quake that struck Kyoto and killed more than 3,000 people. He was born in the 30th year of the Meiji era, lived during the reign of emperor 4, and 61 the Prime Minister of Japan, starting from Masayoshi Matsukata to Shinzo Abe.
In October 2012, Kimura received a certificate from Guinness World Records, with regard to the inclusion of Kimura's name in the book of Guinness World Records, the latest edition in 2013, this is the second year in a row Kimura is recognized as the oldest man in the world, he also appeared in the 2012 edition of the book Here you are. During the meeting, Kimura said he spends most of his time in bed.
At the birthday-116 and also the last, Kimura received many good words, including a video message from Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan.
He was hospitalized for pneumonia on May 11, 2013. He died of natural causes at a hospital in his hometown in Kyotango, at 2:08 am, June 12, the local government said in a statement fax. Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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