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  "id": 6686445,
  "title": "Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/toyohiro-akiyama-japans-chain-smoking-space-antihero-dies-at-84",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-10T21:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/world/asia/toyohiro-akiyama-dead.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}