Mystery money man rains cash on Japanese street

A man who wanted to share his stock market winnings with the public tossed one million yen (about €7,500) from the observation deck of a tower in central Japan today, causing a scramble for the money in the streets below.

“I have too much money. I don’t need it,” he said. “I wanted to give some back to the world.”

The unidentified man grabbed wads of notes from two shopping bags and threw them through an open window of the room at the TV Tower in Nagoya. The room is 330 feet above the street.

The money rained down on the pavements and streets, where people scrambled to collect it.

The man told NHK television that he wanted to give away some of his profits from playing the stock market earlier this month.