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Toyohiro Akiyama

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Toyohiro Akiyama was a Japanese television journalist who became the first Japanese citizen to fly in space, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in December 1990 to the Mir space station as part of a commercial arrangement with his employer, the Tokyo Broadcasting System. He filed daily television reports from orbit during his roughly week-long stay, making him one of the earliest examples of a journalist reporting live from space rather than a professional astronaut or scientist.

Facts
Birth Date
1942-07-22 2
Birth Year
1942 2
Nationality
Japanese 2
Notable Mission
Soyuz TM-11 2
Number of Flights
1 3
Firsts
First From Their Country 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Spaceflight Participant 1
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Nationality

Japan

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Toyohiro Akiyama
Sources
1. Toyohiro Akiyama (Wikipedia)
his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded...first civilian to fly aboard a commercial space flightView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Toyohiro Akiyama
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1942-07-22
  • Lead, sentence 1
    22 July 1942
  • Wikidata, P27 country of citizenship
    Japan
  • Spaceflight, paragraph 3
    Soyuz TM-11 mission to the Mir space station
  • Lead section
    He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded.
  • In Group: Space Tourists and Private Astronauts, Article text: program or flight
    He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded.
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3. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 601 to 700
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 628, Toyohiro Akiyama
Quote, Astronaut record 628, Toyohiro Akiyama
"name": "Toyohiro Akiyama" ... "flights_count": 1
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Wikidata: Toyohiro Akiyama
Wikidata Q285944, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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