--- title: "Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, the first self-paying space tourists since 2009, are from which country?" description: "Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, the first self-paying space tourists since 2009, are from which country?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2022-02-21 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95943/yusaku-maezawa-and-yozo-hirano-the-first-self-paying-space-tourists-since-2009-are-from-which-country category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "space tourist"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, the first self-paying space tourists since 2009, are from which country? Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, the first [self](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44535/smart-ways-to-secure-self-storage-facilities)-paying [space](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12954/do-your-electrical-repair-in-your-own-space) tourists since 2009, are from which country? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **Yusaku Maezawa, a fashion billionaire, and his producer Yozo Hirano became the first self-paying passengers to visit the space station since 2009. After spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station, a Japanese tycoon, his producer, and a Russian cosmonaut successfully landed on Earth on Monday.** **[Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)** is an East Asian island country. It is located in the **northwest Pacific Ocean** and is bounded on the west by the Sea of Japan while stretching north from the **Sea of Okhotsk to the East China Sea and Taiwan on the south**. Japan is part of the Ring of Fire and consists of 6852 islands spread across 377,975 square kilometers. Hokkaido, Okinawa, Kyushu, Honshu, and Shikoku are the 5 main islands. **[Tokyo](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38185/the-international-olympic-committee-ioc-on-3-august-2016-agreed-to-add-five-new-sports-to-the-programme-for-2020-tokyo-olympics-name-the-sports) is the nation's capital and largest city, with Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto as prominent cities.** \ ![Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, the first self-paying space tourists since 2009, are from which country?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/a9d9f6c3-de64-44a7-98f3-be00d9b27e0f/images/467fe953-ef65-4750-9123-dffeb58012b1.jpeg)\ \ **Also Read: [What is the average national income of the Indian adult population, as per the ‘World Inequality Report 2022’?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95942/what-is-the-average-national-income-of-the-indian-adult-population-as-per-the-world-inequality-report-2022)** \ Japan is the world's eleventh most populous [**country**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95928/the-man-portable-anti-tank-guided-missile-which-was-flight-tested-was-developed-in-which-country), as well as one of its most densely inhabited and urbanized. Three-fourths of the region's terrain is mountainous, confining its 125.44 million population to limited coastal areas. Japan has 47 functional regions and 8 ancient regions. With almost 37.4 million inhabitants, the **Greater Tokyo Region** is the world's most populated metropolitan area. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95943/yusaku-maezawa-and-yozo-hirano-the-first-self-paying-space-tourists-since-2009-are-from-which-country Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.