in 1995 due to his plans for organic farming in Fukushima Prefecture. He was forced off his farm due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. Akiyama moved to Kyoto to teach after losing his farm in Fukushima. Awards and decorations Akiyama received multiple awards and decorations, including: 1990 Order of Friendship of Peoples (10 December 1990, Soviet Union) - "for the successful implementation of space flight on the orbital research complex "Mir"" 1991 Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Honor award. 2000 Japanese Society for Biological Sciences in Space Achievement Award. 2011 Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011, Russia) - "for a great contribution to the development of international cooperation in the field of manned space exploration" Publications He made reports in Japanese, which were published later, dedicated to his space flight. He also co-authored articles on the development of space tourism and farming. The Pleasure of Spaceflight, Journal of Space Technology and Science - Vol.9 No.1'93. Journey around agriculture - 1 Mar 1998 Japanese astronaut official photographic record collection (1991) Farmer's Diary (1998) Space, 1 Aug 1992 Space (above) (Bungei Bunko) 1 Aug 1995 Space (below) (Bungei Bunko) 1 Aug 1995 To living with agriculture - earth and space (1999) Space Specialist 9 Days-First Japanese Astronaut Experience All Records 1 Feb 1991 This is a space correspondent! -I went to space! 1 Feb 1991 Hoe and Spacecraft 30 Nov 2007 See also Mamoru Mohri – first astronaut of an official Japanese space agency References External links Spacefacts biography of Toyohiro Akiyama 1942 births Japanese astronauts Living people Japanese television journalists International Christian University alumni Mir crew members