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Oldest person to scale Mt. Everest returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Katsusuke Yanagisawa returns to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, May 31 after becoming the oldest person to reach the 8,850-meter summit of Mt. Everest. Yanagisawa was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days of age when he reached the world's highest peak May 22, eclipsing the previous record held by Takao Arayama who was 70 years, 7 months and 13 days. (Kyodo

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70-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest to reach Everest's summit

TOKYO, Japan - The daughter of Japanese professional skier Yuichiro Miura, Emiri, receives a phone call in Tokyo from her father via satellite from the summit of Mt. Everest on May 22. Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit of the 8,850-meter peak.

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63-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest woman to climb Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Tamae Watanabe, 63, a resident of Yokohama, is seen in this photo taken on May 9 at a base camp on Mt. Everest. Watanabe reached the summit of the 8,850-meter mountain at 9:55 a.m. on May 16, becoming the oldest woman to climb the world's highest mountain. The photo is listed on the Web site of Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi.