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

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

  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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