Japan firefighter punished for YouTube side hustle

Over a 10-month period he had uploaded more than 300 videos, typically showing him playing multi-player strategy games – racking up around 1.15mil yen (US$9,970 or RM41,690) in advertising revenue. — Reuters

TOKYO: A Japanese firefighter moonlighting as a gaming YouTuber had cold water poured on his career by public officials, who uncovered the secret side hustle by identifying his voice in the lucrative videos.

An anonymous tip-off prompted Wakayama city in western Japan to launch an investigation into the 33-year-old’s channel, which had around 15,000 subscribers.