Japan to give away a billion yen to see if money raises happiness

Yusaku Maezawa was a wealthy man whom he could afford to give away a billion yen ($9.1 million) because he wanted to test.

1,000 people each will be 1 million yen ($9,100).

What condition they must meet first, be the followers of the Japanese billionaire on Twitter and, secondly, ReTweet the message he posted on Jan 01 to announce his essay.

What does Maezawa look for with this initiative? Learn if money raises happiness, revealing New York Post. "It was a serious social experiment," the man stressed in a message.

The Japanese will regularly probe the containers of millions of yen (randomly selected) to know how they are doing. The lucky ones will be able to spend the money when they please.

The CEO of online clothing store Zozotown has an estimated $2 billion asset value (according to Forbes) and almost 7 million Twitter followers.

Maeaza will be the first private passenger to fly around the moon with Elon Musk SpaceX. (International press)