Japanese billionaire decides not to find girlfriend to fly around the Moon after all

E-commerce billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has backtracked on his bizarre plan to find a girlfriend to take into space by way of reality TV show.
I am truly sorry from the bottom of my heart.”Due to personal reasons, I have informed AbemaTV yesterday with my decision to no longer participate in the matchmaking documentary, hence requested for the cancellation of the show.
— Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) January 30, 2020Maezawa is no stranger to stepping back from ostentatious plans.
A little over a year later, though, Maezawa had to admit that the scheme was an expensive failure, and the company was soon forced to close its US and European operations altogether.
The stock price continually plummeted, and he stepped down as president in September after selling the company to SoftBank’s Yahoo Japan.