# The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business - The Atlantic

<https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Ahh, what? You can hire an actor to be a fake father to your child? Or hire an entire half of a marriage ceremony? 🤯

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