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Japan tycoon needs "life partner" for moon visit

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Life Partner - Level 0

We say, "I love you to the moon and back" when we really love someone. A Japanese billionaire will go to the moon with his love in 2023. But, he doesn't have one. Yusaku Maezawa, 44, will fly with the company SpaceX. He will be the first space tourist. He wants to, "visit such a special place with someone special," and not go alone.

Mr Maezawa made a TV show called "Full Moon Lovers". He said: "As feelings of loneliness...come to me, there's one thing that I think about - continuing to love one woman. I want to find a 'life partner'....I want to shout our love...from outer space." The woman must be over 20, single, positive, and be interested in space.

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Life Partner - Level 1

We say, "I love you to the moon and back" when we love someone a lot. A Japanese billionaire will go to the moon and back with his love, but he doesn't have one. Yusaku Maezawa, 44, wants to fly to the moon with a woman in 2023. He paid to be the first private passenger to fly to the moon. He will fly with the company SpaceX and will be the first space tourist. He does not want to go alone. He wants to, "visit such a special place with someone special".

Mr Maezawa made a documentary to look for a female friend. It is called "Full Moon Lovers". He wrote: "As feelings of loneliness and emptiness slowly begin to come to me, there's one thing that I think about - continuing to love one woman. I want to find a 'life partner'. With that future partner of mine, I want to shout our love...from outer space." The woman must be over 20, single, positive, and be interested in space and in going to the moon.

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Life Partner - Level 2

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People say, "I love you to the moon and back" to tell someone they love them. A Japanese billionaire will go to the moon and back with his love. However, he doesn't have a love. Yusaku Maezawa, 44, is looking for someone special to go on a trip to the moon with in 2023. He made his money from his fashion company Zozo. He paid to be the first private passenger to fly to the moon. He will be the first customer of the space travel company SpaceX and the world's first space tourist. He does not want to go on his own. He wants to, "visit such a special place with someone special".

Mr Maezawa made a TV documentary to look for a female friend. It is called "Full Moon Lovers". On the TV show's website, he wrote: "As feelings of loneliness and emptiness slowly begin to come to me, there's one thing that I think about - continuing to love one woman. I want to find a 'life partner'. With that future partner of mine, I want to shout our love and shout for world peace from outer space." His perfect woman is aged 20 or above, single, "always positive," and be interested in going into space. He tweeted: "Wanted! Why not be the 'first woman' to travel to the moon?"

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Life Partner - Level 3

People often say, "I love you to the moon and back" to tell someone special how strong their love is. A Japanese fashion billionaire will go to the moon and back with his love. The only problem is that he doesn't yet have a love. Yusaku Maezawa, 44, is looking for a "special someone" to join him on a trip to the moon in 2023. Mr Maezawa made his billions from his fashion company Zozo Inc. He has paid to be the very first private passenger to fly to the moon. He will be the first customer of Elon Musk's space travel company SpaceX. He will be the universe's first space tourist. However, he does not want to go on his own. He said he wants to "visit such a special place with someone special".

Mr Maezawa has created a television documentary to look for a female friend to fly into space with. The documentary is called "Full Moon Lovers". On a website for the TV show, he wrote: "I'm 44 now. As feelings of loneliness and emptiness slowly begin to come to me, there's one thing that I think about - continuing to love one woman. I want to find a 'life partner'. With that future partner of mine, I want to shout our love and shout for world peace from outer space." Maezawa's ideal candidate is aged 20 or above, single, and must be "always positive". She must also be interested in going into space. He tweeted: "Wanted! Why not be the 'first woman' to travel to the moon?"

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