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

SAITAMA, Japan - Michio Kanda, 58, an official of the government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, departed Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 31 to cross the Pacific solo in a hot-air balloon.

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air balloon

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours.

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2 skydivers die in Saitama parachute accident

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows the site in Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, where two skydivers fell to their deaths Jan. 11 after their parachute failed to open. They jumped out of a plane flying at an altitude of 3,800 meters, police said.

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2 skydivers die in Saitama parachute accident

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows the site in Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, where two skydivers fell to their deaths Jan. 11 after their parachute failed to open. They jumped out of a plane flying at an altitude of 3,800 meters, police said. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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

SAITAMA, Japan - Michio Kanda, 58, an official of the government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, departed Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 31 to cross the Pacific solo in a hot-air balloon. (Kyodo)

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air ballo

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours. (Kyodo)