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Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84

Par : Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno
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.

© Kyodo, via Reuters

Toyohiro Akiyama waving from a space capsule after returning to Earth in December 1990.
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