Japanese yachtsman, 71, completes solo around-world trip

A 71-year-old Japanese yachtsman became the oldest person to successfully finish a solo, non-stop, around-the-world voyage when he arrived at a port in central Japan.

Minoru Saito docked his yacht, the Shutendoji II in Miura, Kanagawa prefecture (state) late yesterday – 244 days after he left Japan for his seventh circumnavigation of the globe.