Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan ke pehle space aur chain-smoking TV reporter, 26 August ko uske Odai, Japan ghar par 84 saal ki umar mein nिधन ho gaya tha. 1990 mein, Cold War ke ant, TBS ne use Mir space station ko 35 million ratings stunt ke liye bheja tha, isse usse pehle koi journalist space mein 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 1985 mein baat ki uske historic flight se pehle. Uski wife, Reiko, ne cause of death ki padyan di.