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A man in Japan rents out his friendship by the hour–no strings attached–and he's making a fortune

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A man in Japan rents out his friendship by the hourno strings attachedand he's making a fortune.

Travel writer Drew Binsky shares a video of trying out the service with the hopes of making Shoji an actual "real friend" Shoji Morimoto has about 1,000 clients per year who use his "do nothing" service.

VR Score

47

Informative language

37

Neutral language

75

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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