There was a truly surreal article about this practice in The Atlantic several years back[0]. The practice of hiring someone to pretend to be someone else seems

There was a truly surreal article about this practice in The Atlantic several years back[0]. The practice of hiring someone to pretend to be someone else seems acceptable if not common. The man interviewed is hired to pretend to be some girl's father. >Yuichi: In Japanese business culture, there is a situation where you have to visit a company and say I’m deeply sorry for what I did and just bow and bow. Occasionally, I dream about that. >Morin: How does that work when you’re hired to do that in real life? >Yuichi: Usually, I accompany a salaryman who made a mistake. I take the identity of the salaryman myself, then I apologize profusely for his mistake. Have you seen the way we say sorry? You go have to down on your hands and knees on the floor. Your hands have to tremble. So, my client is there standing off to the side—the one who actually made the mistake—and I’m prostrate on the floor writhing around, and the boss is there red-faced as he hurls down abuse from above. Sometimes, I wonder to myself, “Am I actually doing this?” [0]https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2017/11/paying-fo...