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■Astronaut plans to bring leadership--and Japanese food--to space station：
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--An astronaut who will become Japan’s first commander aboard the International Space Station next year said he plans to spread a bit of Japanese culture in outer space.
“I hope to exert my leadership in making the most of the high potential of our crew members,” Koichi Wakata, 49, told a news conference on July 29 at the Tsukuba Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in this city northeast of Tokyo.
