Fisherman rescued in Pacific after month adrift on sea+

Fisherman rescued in Pacific after month adrift on sea+

ISEHARA, Japan - Mitsushige Takechi (below), 50-year-old fisherman aboard a small boat, who was rescued in the Pacific on Aug. 26, about a month after he went missing following engine trouble, enters a hospital in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, later in the day.

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