Shoji Morimoto works as a so-called "Do Nothing Rent-a-Man." People hire the 38-year-old to join them in activities like eating, shopping, and going for walks. "I don't make any special effort," he ...

Ever dreamed of being paid to do nothing? For one man in Japan, it’s his reality—and it’s earning him a tidy pay packet. Shoji Morimoto, who lives in Tokyo, rents himself out to accompany people ...

Shoji Morimoto, 40, Japan's "do nothing guy," makes $80,000 by renting himself out to friendless people as a lucrative effort towards quelling the lonely crisis. His knack for doing nothing is doing ...

He's always there for you when you need him to be, will do the bare minimum, then leave when you tell him to. No strings attached. Shoji Morimoto, a 38-year-old husband and father-of-one from Tokyo, ...

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, ...

Shoji Morimoto, a former publishing company worker, rents himself out to simply be there for lonely folks and was once paid just to wave goodbye to one destitute traveller, the New York Post reports.

Shoji Morimoto, a 41-year-old from Japan, has a rather unique job: he gets paid to accompany people and do nothing else. His ‘tasks’ include activities as varied as accompanying someone who wanted to ...

“Excuse me, I may have sex today so could you send me a message at 12 to tell me to cut my nails?” – This absurd question was posed by a complete stranger to Shoji Morimoto, a Japanese man in his late ...

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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 ...