Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan er space aur chain-smoking TV reporter, 26 August er date te Odai, Japan ghar por 84 borshir age te mare geye. 1990 er date te, Cold War er shorpo, TBS er por Mir space station por 35 million ratings stunt por bheja geye, tai usse pehle koi journalist space te na gaya tha. Baaki machhli, vomit aur cigarette aur natto ki ichha hone ke baavajud, uske orbit se plain bolne wale broadcasts — jiske shuruwaan bolne wale the ‘Is ye live?’ — hero ki expectations ko dhokha diya tha. Baareh mission fail ho gayi ratings hit jaise, lekin usne Japan ke pehle professional astronauton ko prerna diya.

Vowing never wapas aane ke baad, usne organic farming shuru ki, bolte huye Earth ki sundarta se space se milne wale ‘message se nature.’ Janm 1942 mein Tokyo se hua, Akiyama ne difficult upbringing ko par kare, International Christian University se graduation kiya aur TBS mein rise kiya, Reagan se 1885 mein baat ki uske historic flight se pehle. Uski wife, Reiko, ne cause of death ki padyan di.