The applicants are required to be in peak physical condition and possess acrobatic skills. Once hired, ninjas will be paid 180,000 yen per month ($1,600), which isn’t much…until you remember that you are being paid to be a ninja.
Your primary duties are not, as you may suspect, fighting off bad guys or being a bad guy yourself.
Even though ninjas are known as “experts in the art of assassination, espionage, sabotage and other forms of irregular warfare,” the six chosen ninjas will have duties that are a lot less bloody.
In fact, the main purpose of the six ninjas will be to promote tourism in Japan’s Aichi region.