Japanese astronaut candidates join JAXA

Japanese astronaut candidates join JAXA

TOKYO, Japan - Two Japanese astronaut candidates -- (from L to R) Takuya Onishi and Kimiya Yui -- join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in an entrance ceremony in Tokyo on April 1.

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