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Illustration - Airbus A 320

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. USINE AEROSPATIALE A BLAGNAC. NEZ D'UN AVION AIRBUS INDUSTRIE Photo by Frances Stephane/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA picks Mohri again for space shuttle mission

Mamoru Mohri, Japan's first astronaut, smiles on Oct. 26 at a press conference held after U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) selected him to participate for a second time in a U.S. space shuttle mission. He will join the U.S. crew aboard the Endeavor when it is launched in September 1999.

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WWII fighter displayed at builder's plant in central Japan

A "Hien" fighter plane, used by the Japanese military during World War II, is shown to the press at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s plant in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 18, 2015. The plant, which produced some 3,000 units of the aircraft, will repair the only existing plane, owned by the Japan Aeronautic Association of Tokyo, ahead of display at the company's museum in Kobe, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaha Motor employees arrested over chopper export to China

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Kazuo Uchiyama, 58, an executive board member and head of the aeronautic operations division of Yamaha Motor Co., on his way to work from his home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 23 morning. Later in the day, he and two of his deputies were arrested by Shizuoka police on suspicion of attempting to export without authorization an unmanned helicopter to China authorities say can be converted to military use. (Kyodo)

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NASA picks Mohri again for space shuttle mission

Mamoru Mohri, Japan's first astronaut, smiles on Oct. 26 at a press conference held after U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) selected him to participate for a second time in a U.S. space shuttle mission. He will join the U.S. crew aboard the Endeavor when it is launched in September 1999.