Boyfriends for Hire in Japan

In Japan, it’s not uncommon for successful women to pay attractive young men huge sums of money for a few cocktails and an hour of platonic companionship. Correspondent Joel Cornell goes to Shibuya to explore this strange world and to find out if he can cut it as a professional boyfriend for hire.

The business called “host bars” is a booming industry In Japan. Host bars are something that people can go to to enjoy the company of boys or girls at a cost. The company is platonic.We meet somebody called Reiji who is the self-proclaimed king of hosts. He owns a place around here, and he’s hopefully going to show us what it’s all about.