Annual salary 9.45 million yen to recruit ninjas? The official website of the City of Iga in Japan came forward to clarify

Original title: Recruiting ninjas with an annual salary of 9.45 million yen is fake news! The official website of the Japanese city of Iga has clarified that it will not recruit people

Iga City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, is the birthplace of the famous "Iga Ryu" ninja. An American television program broadcast an interview with the mayor of Iga City in Mie Prefecture, Japan, on July 16. According to the program, "Iga ninja performances are seriously short of people" and "dressing up as a ninja can earn 2.55 million to 9.45 million yen (about 155,800 to 577,100 yuan) a year." Subsequently, many national audiences expressed their willingness to come to Iga to work as ninjas by mail or telephone. Iga City clarified on july 24 on the city's official website that the city has not conducted any ninja recruitment activities.

According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun on July 24, the mayor of Iga City was interviewed by Npr on July 5 about how the city is using ninja culture to promote urban development and how to deal with the decline in birthrate and aging. Regarding the contents of the show, such as "ninja playing a lack of manpower" and "rich income", Iga City did not know about it in advance.

This content has caused a stir through social media proliferation. As of July 23, the Iga City Government and the Iga Ueno Tourism Association had received a total of 115 "applications" from 14 countries, including Spain, the United States, Italy, Ecuador, and Japan. This even includes people with military experience.

【Global Network Report Intern Reporter Yang Ziqing】