He charges about $100 an hour to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.
With a lanky build and average looks, Morimoto now boasts nearly a quarter of a million followers on Twitter, where he finds most of his clients. Roughly a quarter of them are repeat customers, including one who has hired him 270 times. Last week, Morimoto sat opposite Aruna Chida, a 27-year-old data analyst clad in a sari, having a sparse conversation over tea and cakes.
Before Morimoto found his true calling, he worked at a publishing company and was often chided for"doing nothing".
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