An academic who turned 106 was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to have completed a round-the-world trip using public transportation systems.
Saburo Shochi, an educator and professor emeritus at the Fukuoka University of Education, who turned 106 on Thursday arrived at Fukuoka airport, southwestern Japan, that day from a month-long round-the-world lecture
tour. Shochi, who set out on lecture tours when he was 100, traveled some 56,700 kilometers this time. After leaving Fukuoka airport July 16, he visited six countries including Canada and Bulgaria as well as South Africa where he spoke at the International Congress of Psychology in Cape Town.
Click here to see the original article>tour. Shochi, who set out on lecture tours when he was 100, traveled some 56,700 kilometers this time. After leaving Fukuoka airport July 16, he visited six countries including Canada and Bulgaria as well as South Africa where he spoke at the International Congress of Psychology in Cape Town.