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People | CLOSE-UP Mar 4, 2012
Taro Yamamoto: Actor in the spotlight of Japan's antinuke movement
by Eriko Arita
On a rainy midwinter day, Taro Yamamoto stood with a small group of people in front of Shimokitazawa Station in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward and addressed passers-by in that artsy youth-culture hub. “I am an actor — Taro Yamamoto,” he announced. “And I would like ...