Cosmo-reporter, Russia/Japan, Soyuz TM-11 gold

990 December 2-10 - Flight of first Japanese astronaut (Soyuz TM-11, Mir, cosmonauts
V.M.Afanasyev, M.H.Manarov, USSR; T.Akiyama, Japan). Akiyama became the first Japanese citizen
in space when he flew aboard Soyuz TM-11 in 1990. He also became the first journalist in space as he
broadcast from the Mir space station to the country of Japan.