Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo for a videoconference with Astronaut Kimiya Yui, currently aboard the "Kibo" Japanese Experiment Module attached to the International Space Station (ISS). You are "the pride of the Japanese," the Prime Minister said, praising the maneuvers that docked the "KOUNOTORI5" H-II Transfer Vehicle to the ISS.

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