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In Japan, there's a profession called 'Professional Mourner' where people are hired to attend funerals and cry convincingly for deceased strangers to make services seem better attended.
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Bizarre Human BehaviorSep 04, 2026

In Japan, there's a profession called 'Professional Mourner' where people are hired to attend funerals and cry convincingly for deceased strangers to make services seem better attended.

Japan has professional funeral criers for hire. Mourners charge $50 per funeral attendance. Must cry convincingly for complete strangers. Some specialize in specific types of sobbing. Families hire them for social status. Grief industry creates fake emotions for money.

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