A 37-year-old man in Japan is raising eyebrows for offering people a unique service at a relatively high price: to do nothing. Since June 2018, Shoji Morimoto has advertised himself as someone who can ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shoji Morimoto, 40, Japan's "do nothing guy," makes $80,000 by renting himself out to friendless people as a lucrative effort ...

A resourceful Japanese man has found his dream job — getting paid for “doing nothing.” Shoji Morimoto, a former publishing company worker, rents himself out to simply be there for lonely folks — once ...

Shoji Morimoto, who was fired in 2018 for lacking initiative, now earns 69 lakh a year by renting himself out for companionship in Japan. He participates in various activities, simply providing a ...

Have you ever thought of just showing up to work, doing absolutely NOTHING, and still getting paid? No reports. No spreadsheets. No "quick syncs that spiral into hour-long existential crises." Just ...

When Shoji Morimoto was fired from his office job in 2018, his superior had criticized him for lacking initiative and "not doing anything" of value for the company. Joke's on him, because Morimoto, ...

Have you heard what that Shoji Morimoto does for a living? He does nothing. And doing nothing has proved to be such a success that he’s written a book about how he came to be the famous Rental Person ...