I have no idea how long this clip will stay up on YouTube, but I show up briefly in the middle of this. It's from a (reasonably) popular drama from 2007 in which I played one of the main actress' angry boyfriend.
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Here's the menu that's on display outside a restaurant near Azabu-juban station. Valentine's Day is already here? Yikes.
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I lucked out and will be afforded the opportunity to get back on stage next month. I'm going to be playing the part of Williamson in Mamet's classic, Glengarry Glen Ross, at Theatre Iwato in central Tokyo February 22nd to 24th. This is a link to Black Stripe Theater's site.
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A small army of people can normally be found huddled in front of the magazine racks leafing through their favorite comic books and magazines.One thing that you'll often notice when walking into a convenience store in Japan is that there is a line of people (usually guys) reading manga (comic books) or perusing some other form of paperbacked entertainment. In most places you're not required to actually purchase the magazine--one can basically read the mag in its entirety and then leave without buying anything.
I never really understood why this is allowed.
One convenience store near Kamishakujii station on the Seibu-Shinjuku line in western Tokyo has decided to take a stand against this practice. Some poor worker was made to go through their entire rack of print material and bind all of it shut with plastic packaging twine. That must have taken a while.
I was so surprised to see that a shop manager had done the necessary profit-geared mental acrobatics (in other words, they figured out that customers tend not to buy magazines they can read for free) that I failed to notice an even odder managerial decision.
The only magazines that weren't restricted from perusal were the ones with adult content. Maybe the workers want easy access to them during the duller hours of the afternoon?
Sorry, kids, we've padlocked your comic books. But there's some other enjoyable material just over to the right. You're welcome!
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A public lecture on domestic violence that was scheduled to be held in Ibaraki prefecture has been canceled due to protests that it could lead to the break-up of families.
Ummm...wow.
Until recently, this was an AMPM convenience store.
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