Eccentric Tokyo Inventor Declares Himself a Mayoral Candidate for the Next 60+ Years

Yoshiro Nakamatsu has failed to win the mayoral position of Tokyo for four times running, but he's not deterred. He plans to continue to run throughout the rest of his calculated lifespan or 16 more times. He's 78 right now and believes he'll live to be 144 through a series of health gadgets and routines that he invented. Casting aside the obvious kookiness of his claim, you gotta wonder how he could have lost on a platform that included lowering taxes and introducing a missle defense system that would make North Korean missles make a U turn.

Ok, now how does a man live to be 144? Through a rigorously controlled nutritional regimen that includes extensive documentation of everything he eats. His has been doing this for over 34 years! He has photos and records of everything he's put into his body for 34 years and has won an Ig Nobel prize for his stunning achievement. He sleeps four hours a day and takes power naps in a sleep chair that he invented to maximize the restorative powers of his naps. He was claimed as "Our Kind of Weird" by a website that profiles the ccentric. I concur. This man is indeed my kind of weird. 

Four-time Tokyo poll loser eyes 16 more runs (Reuters)