<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwaka 1990, kituo cha televisheni cha Japan kililipia dola milioni 12 kumtuma mwandishi wa habari kwenye kipindi cha Mir kwa siku nane ili kuongeza viwango vya televisheni.  <response>: In 1990, a Japanese television network paid 12 million to send a journalist to Mir for eight days as a ratings booster. 