I've heard about this in a couple of different places. New companies are renting out family, that is strangers pretending to be family, to people in Japan, who for some reason or another don't get sufficient meaningful time with their own families. People can also rent bosses or colleagues, or people to boost attendance at their wedding. Apparently, business is booming. I find this both fascinating and creepy. The family unit is not what it used to be. Will such things spread to other parts of the world?
Here are a couple articles about it.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920513&slug=1491524
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/20090608/wedding-japan-recession.htm
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/53953,news-comment,news-politics,the-fear-behind-japan-flourishing-rent-a-friend-business-psychology
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