２４歳、ヨットで世界一周　日本人最年少３０年ぶり更新―兵庫

　ヨットによる単独無寄港、無補給の世界一周に挑んでいた兵庫県西宮市の会社員木村啓嗣さん（２４）が９日、約２３０日の航海を終え、出発地の同市のヨットハーバーに降り立った。日本人最年少記録を３０年ぶりに更新する「２４歳９カ月」での世界一周達成となった。
　これまでの最年少記録は海洋冒険家の白石康次郎さん（５７）が持つ「２６歳１０カ月」だった。
　午前１０時半ごろ、支援者や市民ら約１００人に迎えられ、木村さんが乗るヨットが桟橋に到着。桟橋前で開かれた帰港を祝う式典で、木村さんは「無事世界一周回って戻って来られて、非常にうれしい」と笑顔を浮かべた。式典には海洋冒険家の堀江謙一さん（８５）も祝福に駆け付けた。（2024/06/09-13:58）

Hirotsugu Kimura, a 24-year-old company employee, has become the youngest Japanese to complete a solo voyage around the world on a sailboat without making any port calls or receiving supplies.
   Kimura, who lives in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, made the achievement at the age of 24 years and 9 months, beating the previous record of 26 years and 10 months struck 30 years ago by marine adventurer Kojiro Shiraishi, 57.
   Around 10:30 a.m., Kimura's sailboat arrived at a pier of a yacht harbor in Nishinomiya after about 230 days of voyage, greeted by about 100 people including supporters and local citizens.
   "I'm very happy to be able to come back after successfully sailing around the world," Kimura said with a smile at a ceremony held in front of the pier to celebrate his safe return. Marine adventurer Kenichi Horie, 85, also attended the event to congratulate Kimura.
   Kimura set sail in October 2023, traveled eastward across the Pacific and passed the southern tips of South America and Africa.