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Space flight participant Yusaku Maezawa attends a news conference ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 14, 2021. Maezawa said Friday, Dec. 9, 2022 that K-pop star TOP will be among the eight crew members who will join him on a flyby around the moon on a SpaceX spaceship next year. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

K-pop star among 8 to join Japan tycoon Maezawa’s moon trip

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Space flight participant Yusaku Maezawa attends a news conference ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 14, 2021. During an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, Maezawa said he experienced motion sickness after arriving at the space outpost and it took him a few days to adapt to zero gravity. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japanese tourist says space trip ‘amazing’

By Harriet Morris and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2018, file photo, Zozo Chief Executive Yusaku Maezawa speaks during a press conference on the PGA Tour in Tokyo. Yahoo Japan Corp. said Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 it will put up a tender offer, estimated at 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion), for Zozo Inc., a Japanese online retailer started by a celebrity tycoon. Maezawa is known for lavish spending on artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Stradivarius violin and a future trip to the moon. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Yahoo Japan making tender offer for retailer Zozo at $3.7B

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

ZOZO Inc. President Yusaku Maezawa speaks during a press conference on the PGA Tour in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. The PGA Tour will hold its first official tournament, the Zozo Championship, in Japan. And the main sponsor of next year's event, Japanese billionaire Maezawa, is calling the tournament a kind of &quot;moonshot&quot; for golf in his country. Maezawa was announced earlier this year as the first commercial passenger to attempt a flyby around the moon. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Over the moon: PGA announces new tournament in Japan

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Zozo Chief Executive Yusaku Maezawa poses for the media prior to his news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. The Japanese online retail tycoon who plans to travel to the moon on the SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts Elon Musk as a fellow entrepreneur, despite his recent troubles. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japanese tycoon going on SpaceX rocket says he trusts Musk

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, right, after announcing him as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

SpaceX’s 1st traveler is moonstruck Japanese fashion tycoon

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks at an event to announce the name of the person who would be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Latest: SpaceX moon passenger to invite artists on journey

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