Horikawa becomes head of U.N. space panel

Horikawa becomes head of U.N. space panel

VIENNA, Austria - Yasushi Horikawa, a technical counselor of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is interviewed in Vienna on June 6, 2012. Horikawa the same day became chairman of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

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