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

Shoji Morimoto who charges 10,000 yen ($71.30) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion, uses a mobile phone while meeting his client Aruna Chida at a cafe in Tokyo, Japan August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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 ($71) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion.