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Yusaku Maezawa

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is helped to disembark from a helicopter as he arrives at Zhezkazgan airport after returning from the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz MS-20 space capsule, in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, December 20, 2021. - A Japanese billionaire returned to Earth Monday, after 12 days spent on the International Space Station where he made videos about performing mundane tasks in space including brushing teeth and going to the bathroom. (Photo by SHAMIL ZHUMATOV / POOL / AFP)

Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days on ISS

A Japanese billionaire returned to Earth Monday, after 12 days on the International Space Station where he made videos about performing mundane tasks including brushing teeth and going to the bathroom.
3 years ago
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa poses with his T-shirt bearing an image of Earth during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Russia to send Japanese tycoon to ISS in return to space tourism

Russia on Wednesday will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space Station in a move marking Moscow's return to the now booming space tourism business after a decade-long break.
3 years ago
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SoftBank Group Corp. chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and Yusaku Maezawa (R), the billionaire entrepreneur who founded the online fashion retailer Zozo, pose together during a press conference in Tokyo on September 12, 2019. - Yahoo Japan said on September 12 it will acquire a majority stake in the online fashion retailer Zozo founded by Maezawa, known for buying pricey art and his space travel plans. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Yahoo Japan to acquire online fashion firm Zozo

Yahoo Japan said Thursday it will acquire a majority stake in the online fashion retailer Zozo founded by billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, known for buying pricey art and his space travel plans.
5 years ago
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This undated handout picture provided on May 27, 2017 by the Contemporary Art Foundation shows 41-year-old tech billionaire Yusaku Maezawa at an undisclosed location. The tech billionaire, who recently stunned the world by paying 110.5 million USD for a Basquiat masterpiece, is the latest wave of Japan's art collection ardor, which once swept the global auction markets. Handout / THE CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION / AFP

Japan’s godfather of art? Billionaire Maezawa rings in new era

The 41-year-old's style is a step change from the corporate image of Japan's traditional art collectors who possess paintings as investment tools or to cement their social status.
7 years ago
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