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Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84
NEWS DESKUnited States
PUBLISHEDSep 10, 2026, 9:00 PM
What the source reports
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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