#japan posts — Ben Crowder https://bencrowder.net/blog/tag/japan/ Feed for blog posts tagged with #japan. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:19:59 GMT en-US https://bencrowder.net/ On the real reason people rent middle-aged men in Japan. It’s all part of his job as a rented “ossan... https://bencrowder.net/blog/2018/599/ https://bencrowder.net/blog/2018/599/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT On the real reason people rent middle-aged men in Japan.

It’s all part of his job as a rented “ossan,” the Japanese word for a middle-aged man.

He allows himself to be hired by anyone, for nearly any purpose — not involving physical contact — as long as they pay his hourly wage: a mere 1,000 yen (about US $9). And he loves it.

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