By TAKUYA ASAKURA/ Staff Writer
November 24, 2021 at 18:45 JST
The Mermaid yacht aboard which Kenichi Horie completed his nonstop solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean in 1962. Photo taken in Yokohama in that year (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer intends to set the world record for the oldest person to sail solo nonstop across the Pacific Ocean on a yacht. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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