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Japan businessman makes 2nd attempt to cross Pacific on rowboat

SHINGU, Japan - Seen off by friends and supporters, Ikuo Tateo, a 66-year-old businessman, leaves Miwasaki fishing port in Shingu, Okayama Prefecture on April 21 in a fresh attempt at a solo journey across the Pacific in a rowboat. His first attempt four years ago ended when his boat was wrecked in a storm shortly after he set out from Iwate Prefecture. Tateo made a round-the-world solo trip on a yacht in 2001 without making a port call.

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Frenchman ends trans-Pacific voyage 60 km short of goal

COOS BAY, United States - French adventurer Emmanuel Coindre waves on his boat, the Jaeger LeCoultre, at Coos Bay, Oregon, on Nov. 1 after ending a solo nonstop rowboat voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Coindre, who set out from Japan on June 24, terminated his voyage in the sea about 60 kilometers off Oregon because of bad weather.

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(2)Briton in failed solo Pacific voyage arrives in Shiogama

SHIOGAMA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard ship brings back to Shiogama port, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16 the 7-meter-long rowboat of Mick Dawson, a British man, after rescuing Dawson the previous day. Dawson was trying to row solo from Japan to the United States and made a distress call off Miyagi because of a broken rudder.

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2 Britons set sail to cross the Pacific in rowboat

CHOSHI, Japan - Tim Welford (L), 33, and Dominic Mee, 30, pose for photographers May 5 before they set sail from the port of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, for San Francisco in a manually-powered rowboat. The two, both members of the British Royal Marines, aim to arrive in San Francisco in about 120 days with no outside support on the voyage of some 9,200 kilometers. The boat is 7.1 meters long, about 1.9 meters wide and weighs around 1.3 tons fully outfitted.

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2 Britons set sail to cross the Pacific in rowboat

CHOSHI, Japan - Tim Welford (L), 33, and Dominic Mee, 30, pose for photographers May 5 before they set sail from the port of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, for San Francisco in a manually-powered rowboat. The two, both members of the British Royal Marines, aim to arrive in San Francisco in about 120 days with no outside support on the voyage of some 9,200 kilometers. The boat is 7.1 meters long, about 1.9 meters wide and weighs around 1.3 tons fully outfitted.

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(2)Briton in failed solo Pacific voyage arrives in Shiogama

SHIOGAMA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard ship brings back to Shiogama port, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16 the 7-meter-long rowboat of Mick Dawson, a British man, after rescuing Dawson the previous day. Dawson was trying to row solo from Japan to the United States and made a distress call off Miyagi because of a broken rudder. (Kyodo)

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Japan businessman makes 2nd attempt to cross Pacific on rowboat

SHINGU, Japan - Seen off by friends and supporters, Ikuo Tateo, a 66-year-old businessman, leaves Miwasaki fishing port in Shingu, Okayama Prefecture on April 21 in a fresh attempt at a solo journey across the Pacific in a rowboat. His first attempt four years ago ended when his boat was wrecked in a storm shortly after he set out from Iwate Prefecture. Tateo made a round-the-world solo trip on a yacht in 2001 without making a port call. (Kyodo)

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Frenchman ends trans-Pacific voyage 60 km short of goal

COOS BAY, United States - French adventurer Emmanuel Coindre waves on his boat, the Jaeger LeCoultre, at Coos Bay, Oregon, on Nov. 1 after ending a solo nonstop rowboat voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Coindre, who set out from Japan on June 24, terminated his voyage in the sea about 60 kilometers off Oregon because of bad weather. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant raises the Olympic flame on a traditional rowboat on May 2, 2021, off Zamami in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Model and actor Shogen carries the Olympic flame on a traditional rowboat during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on May 2, 2021, off Zamami in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa.