Published 2 years ago

Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

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Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing. The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges ¥10,000 (US$71) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. The companionship business is his sole source of income, with which he supports his wife and child.

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Times of India

Dream job: The Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

"Basically, I rent myself out. My job is to be wherever my clients want me to be and to do nothing in particular," Shoji Morimoto said, adding that he had handled some 4,000 sessions in the past four years. The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) an hour to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion.

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Dream job: Japanese man gets paid for doing nothing

TOKYO (Reuters): Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.

2 years ago·Malaysia

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South China Morning Post

‘I rent myself out’: meet the Japanese man who gets paid ‘to do nothing’

Shoji Morimoto has accompanied his clients to a park to play on a see-saw and waved them off from a railway station. But doing nothing doesn’t mean he’ll do anything – and certainly nothing sexual.

2 years ago·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

Dream job: The Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

TOKYO: Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: He gets paid to do pretty much nothing. The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges ¥10,000 yen an hour to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. "Basically, I rent myself out. My job is to be wherever my clients want me to be

2 years ago·Singapore

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Indian Express

Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

Doing nothing doesn't mean Morimoto will do anything. He has turned down offers to move a fridge and go to Cambodia, and doesn't take any requests of a sexual nature

2 years ago·India

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