Sharpen your shuriken, Japan's Aichi prefecture is looking to hire six ninjas in a bid to boost tourism. 是时候亮出你的忍者飞镖了——日本爱知县正欲招募六名忍者,以推动当地旅游业的发展。 The roles are full time and the pay is ¥180,000 ($1,600; £1,100) a month, the job ad says (in Japanese). 招聘广告上用日语写道:需全职,月薪18万日元。 Physical fitness and acrobatic skills are a must says Aichi prefecture, which hopes to promote "warlord tourism". 爱知县官方称,应聘者要身体健康,且必须练过杂技。爱知县希望通过此举发展“武士游”。 Ninjas were 15th Century Japanese mercenaries specialising in espionage, assassination, sabotage and other forms of irregular warfare. 忍者是15世纪日本一种特殊的兵种,专门从事间谍、暗杀、蓄意破坏等种种非常规的战斗任务。 |