Need someone to chase pigs in Thailand? Daisuke Miyagawa's your man. How about punching watermelons in Australia? Miyagawa's your man.
The 45-year-old comedian has been sent on numerous overseas adventures as part of the Nippon TV variety show "Sekai no Hate Made Itte Q" (which translates loosely as "Questions Answered from the Ends of the Earth") since the show began a decade ago.
"I remember doing the first one in Mali, thinking to myself this won't be a long-running thing," Miyagawa tells The Japan Times. "The concept was vague and as a result it wasn't very interesting. I went out there more as a reporter, which didn't really work. Then the director changed and I was encouraged to become more involved in local festivals, which I enjoyed more and so did the audience. Ten years on and we're still going strong.
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