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Blind sailor, partner set sail to cross Pacific

OSAKA, Japan - Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (R) and his partner Jiro Shinbo pose for photos on a small yacht before setting sail from Osaka harbor on June 8, 2013. They plan to cross the Pacific Ocean in what the organizer calls the world's first such attempt by such a pair.

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Blind sailor, partner set sail to cross Pacific

OSAKA, Japan - Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (L) and his partner Jiro Shinbo set sail on a small yacht from Osaka harbor on June 8, 2013. They plan to cross the Pacific Ocean in what the organizer calls the world's first such attempt by such a pair.

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Blind sailor, partner set sail to cross Pacific

OSAKA, Japan - Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (L) and his partner Jiro Shinbo pose for photos on a small yacht before setting sail from Osaka harbor on June 8, 2013. They plan to cross the Pacific Ocean in what the organizer calls the world's first such attempt by such a pair.

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Sailing ship leaves Osaka for around-the-world voyage

OSAKA, Japan - The 362-ton Akogare leaves Osaka on April 9 for an around-the-world voyage, becoming the first Japanese sailing ship to attempt such a voyage since the end of World War II. The three-masted ship will travel the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean before returning to Osaka in December. Banners hanging from the masts call for bringing the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Osaka.

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Hirokazu Tanakas set world record for meeting of people with same name

A 178-strong group of people all called Hirokazu Tanaka broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same first and last name, after they came together in Tokyo on Saturday. The Tanaka Hirokazu association organized the successful attempt in Shibuya Ward, which saw them outdo the 2005 record set by 164 people called Martha Stewart, who were brought together by the famous American businesswoman of the same name. Reflecting on their achievement, the 53-year-old Tanaka said, "Without creating anything or producing any kind of result as such, we have, just by being here, been able to become number one in the world at something." The association's representative Tanaka founded the organization for people with the same appellation as him in 1994.

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Sailing ship leaves Osaka for around-the-world voyage

OSAKA, Japan - The 362-ton Akogare leaves Osaka on April 9 for an around-the-world voyage, becoming the first Japanese sailing ship to attempt such a voyage since the end of World War II. The three-masted ship will travel the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean before returning to Osaka in December. Banners hanging from the masts call for bringing the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Osaka.

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S. Korea releases artificially bred oriental storks for 1st time

An artificially bred oriental white stork is released into the wild in Yesan county, western South Korea, on Sept. 3, 2015. It was one of eight storks released in South Korea's first such attempt to revive the species that had become extinct in the local wilderness by 1971. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea releases artificially bred oriental storks for 1st time

An artificially bred oriental white stork is released into the wild in Yesan county, western South Korea, on Sept. 3, 2015. It was one of eight storks released in South Korea's first such attempt to revive the species that had become extinct in the local wilderness by 1971. On the right is Muneharu Nakagai, mayor of the western Japanese city of Toyooka that provided six birds to South Korea for the project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo