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JAPAN’S Aichi prefecture is hiring six full-time “ninjas” – the martial arts masters and stealth assassins of feudal times – to promote tourism in the area.
The move comes as local governments turn to tourism as an economic growth driver ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Newly hired ‘secret assassins’ will receive a one-year contract with a monthly pay of 180,000 yen (approximately US$1650) plus bonus, said Satoshi Adachi of the prefectural government’s tourism promotion unit.
“Our ninjas also have to be good at talking to promote tourism, although ninjas are basically required to be secretive,” said Adachi.
They will also perform acrobatics, demonstrate the use of their trademark shuriken weapon and pose for photographs with tourists, he added.
Since the search was publicized, hundreds of aspiring ninjas from overseas have applied for the job. An American man, Chris O’Neill, was the first foreign national to join the ranks of ‘ninjas’.
Source: travelwireasia.com