Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84
Direct Source Verification:
This story is aggregated from The New York Times (nytimes.com). Full reporting rights and copyright belong to the primary publisher.
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.
For complete coverage, context, and related multimedia, visit the original reporting by The New York Times via the source link below.
Original Source
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/world/asia/toyohiro-akiyama-dead.html
