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Akiyama, Tokohiro (1944-)
The first Japanese in orbit and the first fee-paying space passenger. A reporter for the TBS television station, Akiyama flew to the Mir space station in 1992 after his employer stumped up the cost of his ride – $12 million. Alongside him was to have been a TBS colleague, camera-woman Ryoko Kikuchi, but her spaceflight ambitions were dashed when she was rushed to hospital before the flight for an emergency appendectomy. See also space tourism.
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