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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide and Satoshi Furukawa at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa and Akihiko Hoshide at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C), Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa (L) and Akihiko Hoshide pose for a photo during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida meets astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C), Japanese astronauts Satoshi Furukawa (L) and Akihiko Hoshide pose for a photo during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide, right, applaud Yuko Kishida, center, wife of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide are applauded by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide are applauded by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese PM Kishida Addresses Joint Session Of Congress - Washington

Japanese Astronauts Daniel Tani and Akihiko Hoshide are applauded by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan as he addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in the US House Chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide talks on TV from U.S. seabed

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, commander of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations program, talks to journalists in Tokyo on July 24, 2014 (Japan time), via teleconference from Aquarius, a lab anchored to the seabed off the U.S. state of Florida to approximate the enclosed environment in space.

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Abe speaks to astronaut Wakata aboard ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others communicate with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (on screen monitor), captain of the International Space Station, at the Japanese experimental module Kibo via satellite on April 10, 2014. From left: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, Abe, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (on screen), speaking to Japanese reporters via teleconference from Houston, Texas. Hoside returned from the International Space Station earlier in the month.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, speaking to Japanese reporters via teleconference from Houston, Texas. Hoside returned from the International Space Station earlier in the month.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide leaves a Soyuz spacecraft (L) after he returns to Earth along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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London Games send-off ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is shown on giant screen offering encouragement from the International Space Station, during a send-off ceremony for Japan's team to the London Olympics, at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on July 21, 2012.

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Astronauts on ISS

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Akihiko Hoshide (L) waves as astronauts on the International Space Station are projected on a monitor at a control center in the suburbs of Moscow on July 17, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Hoshide and two colleagues docked with the space station earlier in the day.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams rises into the air after lifting off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2012, from a launch center in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams lifts off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2012, from a launch center in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams lifts off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2012, from a launch center in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - (From L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams head for a ceremony to mark their departure for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three astronauts lifted off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. the same day from a launch center in Kazakhstan.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (front) and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko heading to a rocket launch pad at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the two astronauts and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams lifted off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. the same day bound for the International Space Station.

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Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves as he heads to a rocket launch pad at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 15, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams lifted off on a rocket at 8:40 a.m. the same day bound for the International Space Station.

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Space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - (From L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams wave after a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 13, 2012. They will board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station.

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Space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 13, 2012. He will board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station.

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Space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - (from L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams join hands after a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 13, 2012. They will board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station.

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Space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 13, 2012. He will board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station.

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Space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - (from L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams attend a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 13, 2012. They will board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station.

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Space mission

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks during a press conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 13, 2012. He will board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station.

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Rocket to carry Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket which will carry a Soyuz spacecraft to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is shown to reporters while being illuminated in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on the night of July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15.

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Rocket to carry Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket which will carry a Soyuz spacecraft to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is shown to reporters while being illuminated in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on the night of July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15.

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Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is positioned on the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was carried by a cargo train especially made for the mission from an assembly plant some 10 kilometers away.

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Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is positioned on the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was carried by a cargo train especially made for the mission from an assembly plant some 10 kilometers away.

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Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is carried to the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, while the astronauts' families and other people looked on, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was carried by a cargo train especially made for the mission from an assembly plant some 10 kilometers away.

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Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, arrives at the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was carried by a cargo train especially made for the mission from an assembly plant some 10 kilometers away.

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Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, leaves an assembly plant, some 10 kilometers away from the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was later carried to the launching pad from the plant by a cargo train especially made for the mission.

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Soyuz spacecraft set up on launching pad

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket to be manned by three astronauts, including Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, is carried from an assembly plant to the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 12, 2012, prior to the scheduled lift-off on July 15. The rocket was carried to the launching pad from the plant some 10 kilometers away by a cargo train especially made for the mission.

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Astronaut Hoshide offers flowers at Gagarin's grave

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide bows after offering flowers at the grave of Yuri Gagarin, who became the first person in space in 1961, in Moscow on June 22, 2012, ahead of his mission to the International Space Station from July 2012.

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Astronauts offer flowers at Gagarin's grave

MOSCOW, Russia - (from L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko pose for photos at Red Square in Moscow on June 22, 2012, before offering flowers at the grave of Yuri Gagarin, who became the first person in space in 1961. They three will board a Soyuz spacecraft to head to the International Space Station in July 2012.

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Astronauts who will stay aboard ISS

MOSCOW, Russia - (From L to R) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko shake hands at a press conference at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow on June 22, 2012, ahead of their mission to the International Space Station from mid-July.

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Astronaut Hoshide eager to play sports at space station

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 25, 2012. Hoshide, who is scheduled to stay at the International Space Station for four months from July 2012, said he is eager to ''play some sports during the London Olympics while orbiting'' the Earth.

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Astronaut Hoshide eager to play sports at space station

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 25, 2012. Hoshide, who is scheduled to stay at the International Space Station for four months from July 2012, said he is eager to ''play some sports during the London Olympics while orbiting'' the Earth.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide may venture outside ISS

HOUSTON, United States - (From R to L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams give a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 20, 2012. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the same day that Hoshide may have the opportunity to venture outside the International Space Station during his four-month stay aboard the ISS beginning in July.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide may venture outside ISS

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide undergoes training for operating robotic arms by computer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 19, 2012. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said March 20 that Hoshide may have the opportunity to venture outside the International Space Station during his four-month stay aboard the ISS beginning in July.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide may venture outside ISS

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (R) receives a demonstration at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 19, 2012. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said March 20 that Hoshide may have the opportunity to venture outside the International Space Station during his four-month stay aboard the ISS beginning in July.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is pictured during a press conference at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow on Feb. 28, 2012, ahead of the launch later this year of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft that will carry him and two other astronauts to the International Space Station.