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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota are pictured after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his son Gota (back) reach the ninth station of Mt. Fuji via a Shizuoka Prefecture side route on the second day of their ascent on Aug. 30, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota fuel up with breakfast on Aug. 30, 2023, before embarking on the second day of their ascent of Mt. Fuji, from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side.

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Japanese climber Miura, son Gota

Japanese climber Miura, son Gota

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura (R), and his son Gota, hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. The elder Miura became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in the previous month.

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Japanese alpinist Miura, son

Japanese alpinist Miura, son

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Japanese alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura (L) and his son Gota visit the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 27, 2013, after jointly climbing Mt. Everest. At 80, the elder Miura became the oldest person on May 23 to reach the summit of the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura after climbing Everest

Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura (L) holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain. To the right is his second son Gota, who also climbed the mountain peak.

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Confiscated fake police rank badge displayed in Yokohama

Confiscated fake police rank badge displayed in Yokohama

A police station in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, displays on Feb. 12, 2015, a fake police badge of rank confiscated at the home of Gota Saito who was arrested on suspicion of forging and selling the items on the Internet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fake police rank badges confiscated in Yokohama

Fake police rank badges confiscated in Yokohama

A police station in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, displays on Feb. 12, 2015, fake police badges of rank confiscated at the home of Gota Saito who was arrested on suspicion of forging and selling the items on the Internet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.

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Yuichiro Miura on plans to scale Aconcagua

Yuichiro Miura on plans to scale Aconcagua

Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura (L) and his second-eldest son Gota pose for a photo after a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2018, to announce plans to scale Aconcagua, the tallest peak in South America, in January 2019 at age 86. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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70-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest to climb Everest

70-yr-old Japanese becomes oldest to climb Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Seventy-year-old Japanese pro skier Yuichiro Miura (L) and his son Gota hold up a Japanese flag on the summit of Mt. Everest on May 22. Miura became the oldest person to scale the peak. Photo provided by his office, Miura Dolphins. (Kyodo)

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