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Capsule used to return Earth from ISS trip

Yusaku Maezawa (2nd from L), the entrepreneur who became the first Japanese civilian to travel to the International Space Station in December 2021, attends an event in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2023, showing a capsule and parachute he used to return to Earth from space.

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Capsule used to return Earth from ISS trip

Yusaku Maezawa, the entrepreneur who became the first Japanese civilian to travel to the International Space Station in December 2021, attends an event in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2023, showing a capsule he used to return to Earth from space.

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Asset-based lending extends to prized meat cows

MORIOKA, Japan - Kita-Nippon Bank, a regional lender based in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, has started taking prized Maezawa meat cows as collateral for the so-called asset-based lending to cattle farmers in the prefecture. A loan-taker is required to send a monthly report to the bank on the condition of the cows, which are tagged in both ears for the bank to track of their health and market value. According to Kita-Nippon Bank, similar asset-based lending is extended to cattle farmers in Shiga Prefecture and Hokkaido.

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Entrepreneur Maezawa talks about ISS trip

Billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa poses before speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2022. Maezawa spent nearly two weeks at the International Space Station in December, making him the first Japanese civilian to stay there.

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Entrepreneur Maezawa talks about ISS trip

Billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2022. Maezawa spent nearly two weeks at the International Space Station in December, making him the first Japanese civilian to stay there.

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Entrepreneur Maezawa talks about ISS trip

Billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2022. Maezawa spent nearly two weeks at the International Space Station in December, making him the first Japanese civilian to stay there.

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Entrepreneur Maezawa talks about ISS trip

Billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2022. Maezawa spent nearly two weeks at the International Space Station in December, making him the first Japanese civilian to stay there.

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Entrepreneur Maezawa safely returns from ISS trip

A screen at a mission control center in a Moscow suburb shows Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa (C in white) reacting after his return to Earth on Dec. 20, 2021, from a 12-day trip to the International Space Station.

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Space flight by Japanese entrepreneur Maezawa

Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa is pictured on Dec. 8, 2021, before departing from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on course to become the first Japanese civilian to stay on the International Space Station.

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Space flight by Japanese entrepreneur Maezawa

A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8, 2021, carrying Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station.

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Space flight by Japanese billionaire Maezawa

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa (L), his assistant Yozo Hirano (R) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin are pictured at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8, 2021, ahead of their flight to the International Space Station. The three will travel aboard a Soyuz spacecraft later in the day, with the 46-year-old founder of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. scheduled to stay on the ISS for 12 days.

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Space flight by Japanese billionaire Maezawa

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is pictured at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8, 2021, ahead of his flight to the International Space Station. Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will travel aboard a Soyuz spacecraft later in the day, with the 46-year-old founder of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. scheduled to stay on the ISS for 12 days.

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Soyuz rocket on launch pad

A Soyuz rocket is moved to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 5, 2021, three days before its lift-off. The rocket is scheduled to carry Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz rocket on launch pad

A Soyuz rocket is moved to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 5, 2021, three days before its lift-off. The rocket is scheduled to carry Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz rocket on launch pad

A Soyuz rocket is moved to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 5, 2021, three days before its lift-off. The rocket is scheduled to carry Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station.

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Japanese entrepreneur Maezawa ahead of ISS launch

Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa (R) participates in training at the Yu.A. Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center in the suburbs of Moscow on Oct. 14, 2021, for his trip to the International Space Station in December. (Pool photo)

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and Yusaku Maezawa, former CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., shake hands after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that Yahoo Japan Corp., operating under Son's group, will buy Zozo for about 400 billion yen in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asset-based lending extends to prized meat cows

MORIOKA, Japan - Kita-Nippon Bank, a regional lender based in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, has started taking prized Maezawa meat cows as collateral for the so-called asset-based lending to cattle farmers in the prefecture. A loan-taker is required to send a monthly report to the bank on the condition of the cows, which are tagged in both ears for the bank to track of their health and market value. According to Kita-Nippon Bank, similar asset-based lending is extended to cattle farmers in Shiga Prefecture and Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

File photo shows Yusaku Maezawa, founder of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. His asset management company was found to have failed to declare about 500 million yen in taxable income over the three years through March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Tiger Woods in Japan

Tiger Woods (L) is handed the trophy from fashion retailer Zozo Inc. founder Yusaku Maezawa after winning the Zozo Championship at Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2019. Woods claimed his 82nd career PGA Tour title to tie fellow American Sam Snead's record for most tournament wins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yahoo Japan Corp. CEO Kentaro Kawabe (L) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, to announce his company's takeover of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. Seen behind him is Yusaku Maezawa, a billionaire entrepreneur who founded Zozo, and who stepped down as its CEO following the deal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa (R), a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., Zozo's new CEO Kotaro Sawada (C), and Yahoo Japan Corp. CEO Kentaro Kawabe pose at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, after announcing Yahoo's takeover of Zozo for about 400 billion yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa (R), a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., Zozo's new CEO Kotaro Sawada (C), and Yahoo Japan Corp. CEO Kentaro Kawabe pose at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, after announcing Yahoo's takeover of Zozo for about 400 billion yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa (L), a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., hands the microphone to the company's new CEO Kotaro Sawada, after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that he has resigned as CEO with Yahoo Japan Corp. set to buy his company in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa (L), a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., hands the microphone to the company's new CEO Kotaro Sawada, after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that he has resigned as CEO with Yahoo Japan Corp. set to buy his company in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and Yusaku Maezawa, former CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., are pictured after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that Yahoo Japan Corp., operating under Son's group, will buy Zozo for about 400 billion yen in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and Yusaku Maezawa, former CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., are pictured after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that Yahoo Japan Corp., operating under Son's group, will buy Zozo for about 400 billion yen in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son (L) and Yusaku Maezawa, former CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., shake hands after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that Yahoo Japan Corp., operating under Son's group, will buy Zozo for about 400 billion yen in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa, a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., tears up after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that he has resigned as CEO with Yahoo Japan Corp. set to buy his company in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa, a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., tears up after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that he has resigned as CEO with Yahoo Japan Corp. set to buy his company in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to buy fashion retailer Zozo

Yusaku Maezawa, a billionaire entrepreneur who founded online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, that he has resigned as CEO with Yahoo Japan Corp. set to buy his company in a friendly takeover. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to make Zozo subsidiary

File photo taken in October 2018 shows Yusaku Maezawa, president of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., posing for photos at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. Yahoo Japan Corp. said Sept. 12, 2019, that it will make Zozo a subsidiary in a friendly takeover. Maezawa stepped down from the presidency the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to make Zozo subsidiary

File photo taken in November 2018 shows Yusaku Maezawa, president of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., speaking at a press conference in Tokyo about the Zozo Championship to be held in October 2019 in Chiba Prefecture as the U.S. PGA Tour's first official tournament in Japan. Yahoo Japan Corp. said Sept. 12, 2019, that it will make Zozo a subsidiary in a friendly takeover. Maezawa stepped down from the presidency the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan to make Zozo subsidiary

File photo taken in October 2018 in Tokyo shows Yusaku Maezawa, president of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. Yahoo Japan Corp. said Sept. 12, 2019, that it will make Zozo a subsidiary in a friendly takeover. Maezawa stepped down from the presidency the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa, chief executive of Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., seen in this file photo, said on his Twitter account on Jan. 5, 2019, that he will give a total of 100 million yen, or about $920,000, to 100 people who follow his account and retweet his post by Jan. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: New PGA tournament in Japan

Yusaku Maezawa, president of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2018. The U.S. PGA Tour will hold its first official tournament in Japan, called the Zozo Championship, in October 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: New PGA tournament in Japan

Yusaku Maezawa, president of online fashion retailer Zozo Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2018. The U.S. PGA Tour will hold its first official tournament in Japan, called the Zozo Championship, in October 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: New PGA tournament in Japan

(From R) Christian Hardy, vice president of the U.S. PGA Tour, PGA Tour player Hideki Matsuyama, Zozo Inc. President Yusaku Maezawa and Japan Golf Tour Organization Chairman Isao Aoki pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2018. The tour will have a tournament in Japan in October 2019, called the Zozo Championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

Photo taken Oct. 9, 2018, shows Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Zozo Inc. which operates online clothing store Zozotown, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. The Japanese entrepreneur will be the first private passenger to orbit the moon in a planned trip organized by SpaceX of the United States in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Zozo Inc. which operates online clothing store Zozotown, is pictured at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2018. The Japanese entrepreneur will be the first private passenger to orbit the moon in a planned trip organized by SpaceX of the United States in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Zozo Inc. which operates online clothing store Zozotown, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2018. The Japanese entrepreneur will be the first private passenger to orbit the moon in a planned trip organized by SpaceX of the United States in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Zozo Inc. which operates online clothing store Zozotown, poses for photos at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2018. The Japanese entrepreneur will be the first private passenger to orbit the moon in a planned trip organized by SpaceX of the United States in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Zozo Inc. which operates online clothing store Zozotown, is pictured at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2018. The Japanese entrepreneur will be the first private passenger to orbit the moon in a planned trip organized by SpaceX of the United States in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Zozo Inc. which operates online clothing store Zozotown, poses for photos at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2018. The Japanese entrepreneur will be the first private passenger to orbit the moon in a planned trip organized by SpaceX of the United States in 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo