When I saw "Jiroemon Kimura, 1897-", I thought he was dead...

The photo of Kimura you asked for checking on is probably correct, though obviously not the nicest of photos (I wonder what the photographer was thinking...). He's wearing the same clothes as he did when receiving his Guinness certificate in September 2011.

Okay, I removed that photo. I am sure, that he was doing some exercise, so I posted it. But on the other hand, the viewer who has no idea of Kimura's way of life might think that he stumbled and fell or became ill. So i decided to remove that photo as soon as I realized it. Thanks

Yea..

Yeah me too... :blink:

Comparing the photos there is little sign of any deterioration

I added some more to that post.

If he would have died, it would have been in the news and in the Deaths thread.

Oh, and this is my 1897th post. :)

Mr Kimura always surprise us, for 115 years it has formidably, we can expect great things of Mr. Kimura, will certainly be the first man to reach 116 years old, probably the oldest person in the history of Japan

Has anyone noticed that for nearly every age from 110 to 115, there is at least one image of him with his hands together and his fingertips touching those of the other hand? I wonder what the significance is...

Very perceptive, Brendan.

See Japanese hand gestures:

http://lov-e.com/RLSArticlesfolder/JBL4.html

http://www.ispeakjapanese.net/videos/commo...e-hand-gesture/

The gesture you are alluding to is a variant of the konnichiwa (hello) Japanese body language, see

http://cff.ssw.net/misc/langauge.htm

To quote:

“Hello/konnichiwa — Right and left hand fingers splayed, touching each other at the tips forming the shape of a triagular cylinder, gesture is made with the fingers pointing upward and rotating downward until pointing at the recipient of the greeting.”

No matter which language we speak or which culture we come from, we all have them. For those who are very perceptive, actually it can tell us where someone comes from.

Kimura just TROLLS YOU :lol:

What is the meaning of the above, avolk? I don't understand it, and I don't think it's respectful either.

It is joke, Brendan

"December 26, 2012 (age 115):



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It appears that Kimura is a ladies' man even at age 115.7! :D (Please don't punish me for this statement--I was making a joke complimenting Kimura. I do not mean any disrespect to anyone.)

It's 2012 now

I corrected Futurist's dates.

I think what's important here is that these photos are from December 2012...we can see that Mr. Kimura is not as sprightly as the images from his 115th birthday party, but neither do we see him bedridden and unable to move.

So, if he pulls through his latest hospitalization (he is likely to stay through the end of the year), I wouldn't be surprised to see him reach 116.

If he really is. And I do hope he really is the age he claims to be.

This pic was published with a news article on 29 dec 2012. He look fantastic I think.

Picture

I fully agree. Judging by the background he appears to still be hospital but he certainley seems happy.

This makes me even more confident that he will reach 116.

Thanks for sharing! It was first published on December 28, I think. It's encouraging to see him in such good spirits.

That's a fantastic picture - he almost looks back to his old self!!

A great photo indeed!

This picture of him really scares me. Us it just me or does the purity of his face and strength of his mouth, seem very simmilar to Izumi's arms in his :115" picture :(

I agree he doesn't look 115... but then again, what does 115 look like? I don't think we can really tell.

He does look 115 years old, have you seen the pictures from earlier this year, he has aged very much.
All you people with your conspiracy-theories, mr. Kimura is 115 untill it is officialy proven he is not.

I still say he is, I just think that we should be on guard ;)

I completely agree. Mr Kimura looks quite a lot older in the more recent photos than he did on his 115th birthday(although he still looks good for 115)! I suspect when/if we see him on Friday he will have aged even more!
And Mr Kimura is almost 116 years old, as far as I know at present there isn't any evidence to suggest otherwise!

There was also no evidence that Kamato Hongo was not 116 years old when she died before she got double-checked. However, once she got double-checked, her age was discovered to have likely been inflated and that she was actually 108-112 (but possibly more likely 110-112) when she died.

Do we now that mr. Kimura isn't double checked already?

Maybe he was double-checked already, and maybe he was not. Maybe he was double-checked already, but not as thoroughly as he should be. I really don't know.

A healthy and rejuvenated looking man. When is that picture from?

The 21st century.

2009(i suppose).

Sorry,i suppose 2010(at age 113)but i am not sure.

One year ago I posted a set of Jiroemon's photos with dates. I searched all over Internet to find more or less reliable information about dates of photographs.

http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_110_Club/in...post&p=22003353

According to furnishings and Jiroemon's clothes, the most likely date of recording - September 2009.