Extra-terrestrial Tweet-up links Tokyo with space
Tokyo (AFP) April 11, 2014 - An unusual "Tweet-up" - a meeting of people who know each other on Twitter - involving an ambassador, an astronaut and a prime minister has taken place on a video-link between Japan and the International Space Station. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy chatted with the Japanese commander of the ISS as he circled the Earth hundreds of miles (kilometres) u ... more

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