Saitama man departs Japan to cross Pacific on hot-air balloon

Saitama man departs Japan to cross Pacific on hot-air balloon

TOCHIGI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31 shows a hot-air balloon in which Michio Kanda, 58, an official of the government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, starts crossing the Pacific solo from Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, the same day.

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