Tokyo, Dec 24: A man who wanted to share his stock market winnings with the public tossed $9,350 worth of US dollar and yen bills from the observation deck of a tower in central Japan on Tuesday, causing a scramble for the money in the streets below.
The unidentified man grabbed wads of $1 and 100-yen bills 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 sidewalks and streets, where people chased the wind-blown bills. The 100-yen bill is no longer in circulation.
Afterward, the man told NHK television that he wanted to give away some of his profits from playing the stock market earlier this month.
"I have too much money. I don't need it," he said. "I wanted to give some back to the world."
Aichi prefecture police official Tatsuyuki Satomi said none of the bills appeared to be counterfeited. The 26-year-old man, who is unemployed, didn't break any laws, he added.
Nagoya, Japan's fourth-largest city, is located 168 miles west of Tokyo. Bureau Report