By TAKUYA ASAKURA/ Staff Writer
June 4, 2022 at 17:50 JST
Kenichi Horie waves to a media helicopter on June 4 after crossing the finish line in the Kii Channel, marking his safe return to Japan after a 69-day solo nonstop voyage from San Francisco. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
Octogenarian adventurer Kenichi Horie returned to Japan early June 4, making him the world’s oldest person to complete a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a yacht. [Read More]
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