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CHIBA - A 59-year-old man from Chiba Prefecture recited pi, or the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, to 83,431 digits from Friday to Saturday in a new world record that is almost double the current Guinness Book record.

Akira Haraguchi, a volunteer worker from Mobara who already holds a world record in pi recitation, started the new challenge shortly after noon Friday and stopped at the 83,431st digit early Saturday