Toyohiro Akiyama, 1st Japanese to Travel to Space, Dies at 84
Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)--Toyohiro Akiyama, who became the first Japanese citizen to travel to space in 1990, died Wednesday at his home in the central Japan town of Odai, Mie Prefecture. He was 84. Born in Tokyo, Akiyama joined Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., the precursor of TBS Holdings Inc., as a reporter in 1966. After serving as chief of the broadcaster's Washington bureau, he was ...
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