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And in fact, his experiment has already gotten the attention of Toshihiro Nagahama, a senior economist with the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. He tells Yahoo Finance that whatever the results of Maezawa's experiment, it's different from a true universal basic income:

"Basic means a regular minimum amount offering a sense of security, what Maezawa is offering is totally different."

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In any case, this is actually the second time Maezawa has attempted such an experiment. Last year, he gave away 100 million Japanese yen (about $923,000 US) to 100 randomly selected recipients. But this second round of giveaways is obviously on a much larger scale, and in a recent follow-up tweet, Maezaway expressed an interest in repeating it again:

Are there any groups or people, not just in Japan but anywhere in the world, who would like to try a similar experiment within their communities/region? Who would like to try and change their society too?

— 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) January 10, 2020

The lucky winners of this giveaway are supposed to be alerted via Twitter soon. Then, we'll eventually be able to see how much happier the money makes them.

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