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Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

Toyohiro Akiyama, the first Japanese citizen and working journalist to travel to space, died at 84; his 1990 journey aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft as a Tokyo Dome reporter reshaped expectations about who could access space.

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Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

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