http://www.japantimes.co.jp/special/office...t-in-tokyo.html

I saw this on line and wanted to share it. It is a real advertisment for renting small office spaces in Tokyo, it is about $500 USD a month but the thing that really caught my eye was when they say the address gives you more legitimacy when talking to clients. All I could think was, "helps you with your scam." it seems tailor made for runners settingu p a base.

It's a shame they don't have office plans to show the shared areas

I've been hearing commercials for something similar here in America. You "share" an office and show up just for client meetings, the secretary is shared and answers correctly for your line. The selling point is you work from home or at "insert favorite coffee shop" as per the commercial, pay a lot less and still get to pretend you have an office to clients. I guess it can be scamariffic but I can also see it as something for single parents, consultants, web designers etc.

I've used several of these kinds of things... both RL and IC.

Most, if you email/phone them will give you a floorplan. Some, like the link below, have them on their website...

http://www.colbus.com.au/meeting-rooms-mel...ced-offices.htm

Then throw in some shocking Japanese pop culture

and that explains the high suicide rate