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Sometimes we all just need someone to be there and listen

Telling a friend or spouse a secret can be complicated. So how about a stranger, who simply bears witness to what you have to say?

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore and Bellies by Nicola Dinan.

The Independent UK

In brief: The God of Good Looks; Rental Person Who Does Nothing; Starling – reviews

A punchy romance with much to say about Caribbean life; a lazy Japanese guy muses on meaning and connection; and a memorable coming-of-age novel

The Guardian - UK

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Goodbye, grit. What if we all just gave up on work?

It feels like we have no choice but to keep grinding – but the anti-work movement looks heroic in the face of burnout and climate catastrophe, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto review – brief encounters

A Japanese man provides a raft of unusual services that lay bare the bathos and banality of contemporary life

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog’s bite muzzled for now

Despite Anthony Albanese vowing to pass legislation for a federal anti-corruption commission this year, the suspension of Parliament after the death of Queen Elizabeth has meant that’s been shelved, plus the queen’s body is now in Edinburgh in stage one of her journey back to London.

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Man earns £60 a time 'doing nothing' after quitting job when boss called him lazy

Shoji Morimoto, 38, earns his money by helping strangers with requests such as being the second person on a see saw or an afternoon tea, raking in £60 a job

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Dream Job: The Japanese Man Who Gets Paid to Do Nothing

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 clients and simply exist as a companion. "Basically, I rent myself out. My job is to be wherever my…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.

Reuters

Meet the Japanese man paid to do nothing

Shoji Morimoto has built a cult following by offering himself as a warm body who can simply be there, liberating his clients from social expectations, write Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma

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