Elon Musk Arrives in Japan for First Visit in Nine Years

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By Nicholas Takahashi

August 18, 2023 at 12:23 AM UTC

Updated on

August 18, 2023 at 3:35 AM UTC

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Elon Musk has arrived in Japan for his first known visit in nine years.

The chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday local time that he had just arrived in “amazing” Japan.