Businessman Announces Rs. 64.36 Crores for 1000 Twitter Followers

The 42-Year-old Japan Millionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced that he will give 9 Million Dollars (Rs 64.36 Crore) to his 1000 followers on Twitter who have retweeted his January 1 post. Reportedly Yusaku has taken this initiative as a "social experiment" to boost Japan people's basic income. His series of tweets as translated by Business Today are given below.

Yusaku Maezawa's Series of Tweets

Basic Income is a mechanism by which the government pays a fixed amount to the citizens every month.This campaign may be a reference for the government to consider basic income and any benefits and subsidies. While discussions and experiments on basic income are being conducted around the world, some experimental results should be needed here in Japan as well.

In the current economic situation, living environment, work environment, home environment, etc., I learned again that there are many people who are stuck in difficulty, unable to take new challenges, and helplessly. If those people get a "start" of 1 million yen (Rs 64 crore approx)... For example, if you use a favorite job for a job change job. If you use it for study, lessons and experiences that will increase your income. Use it to advertise your daily activities and work to raise your profile

This is not the first time that Yusaku announced his give away. Earlier in 2018, he gave away 100 million yen ($917,000) among 100 of his Twitter followers. Yusaku has a total of 6.9 million followers till date.

皆さん、想像してみてください！

『仮に、毎月8万3千円（年間約100万円）があなたに無条件で政府から支給されたら、あなたの暮らしや仕事はどうなりそうですか？』

ずばり #前澤お年玉 で僕が実験したいことは「ベーシックインカム、前澤個人でやってみた」です。（つづく）

— Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) January 2, 2020

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