Japanese Space Tourist Starts Training in Russia

Daisuke Enomoto, a Japanese IT entrepreneur, is on track to visit the International Space Station as a tourist after Russian flight surgeons cleared him for orbital flight. Space Adventures Ltd. says Enomoto--known in Japan by the nickname Dice-K--is set to ride in the so-called taxi seat on the...

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