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A Jap, Yasutaro Koide, at 112 years, was the world's oldest man when he died this morning due to chronic heart problems, according to USA Today.

Born in March 1903, Koide died in a Nagoya hospital, a few months after he got the Guinness title of being the world's oldest, and two months short of the next birthday.

"I felt very honored that I have had a chance to meet Mr. Yasutaro Koide last summer, surrounded by his warm family and relatives," said Vice President Erika Ogawa of Guinness World Records Japan. "The stories of his adolescent years encouraged all of us who were there. I would like to express my sorrow and condolences to him and his family."

Koide's secret to his longevity is simple and tried---not smoking, drinking or "overdoing it," according to the Associated Press.

Sakari Momoi, another 112-year-old Jap, died last year.

It's time now for the next "oldest man" to step onto the stage to win the title. There are rumours that 111-year-old Masamitsu Yoshida will contend for it.

However, the oldest person in the world is 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones from Brooklyn, New York, according to CNN. And the oldest ever person who got official recognition was French, Jeanne Clament, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.