Japan's first man in space

Japan's first man in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, is pictured in a space suit on Nov. 2, 1990. He became the first Japanese to travel into space as a crew member of the Soyuz TM-11 rocket launched a month later from the Baikonur space center in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

Broad government expected after Denmark's election

STORY: Broad government expected after Denmark's election DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Denmark's sitting prime minister Mette Frederiksen 2. SOUNDBITE (Danish): METTE FREDERIKSEN, Danish Prime Minister 3. various of the compound of the Danish Parliament 4. various of a poll station in Copenhagen 5. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casting her vote in a poll station 6. various of the Copenhagen City Hall 7. various of a voting station in the Copenhagen City Hall 8. Mette Frederiksen's campaign advertisement outside the Copenhagen City Hall 9. various of exterior of the Copenhagen City Hall STORYLINE: The general election on Tuesday was expected to end the Left-Right polarization that has dominated Danish politics for years and pave the way for a centrist government in Denmark, said local pundits. But the outcome was anticlimactic and fell short of expectations with the lowest turnout rate since 1990. Of a total of 4,269,044

Finnish composer's symphony "Hiroshima" to be played in city again

Finnish composer's symphony "Hiroshima" to be played in city again

Yumi Notohara, leader of a civic group working for the preservation of music related to the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, talks about "Symphony No. 2 Hiroshima" composed by Erkki Aaltonen (1910-1990) of Finland about four years after the western Japanese city was hit. The symphony, first played in Hiroshima in 1955, will be performed there again on Nov. 16 by the Hiroshima Philharmonic Orchestra, followed by performances by the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra twice in December-- in Nishinomiya neighboring Osaka on Dec. 5 and in Hiroshima on Dec. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo