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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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His name is Shoji, AKA "The Do Nothing Guy," and if you're in Tokyo and looking for someone to quietly read a book with in a park, he's your guy. That is, if you have an extra hundred to spare.Sometimes positive innovation is born from serious matters. Recently, many mental health advocates have warned of a loneliness epidemic as people readapted to getting out of a worldwide lockdown. But whether that's your affliction or not, sometimes you jus…

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Upworthy broke the news in on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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