Japanese actress Godai performs one-woman play in N.Y.

Japanese actress Michiko Godai speaks during an interview ahead of the North American premiere of her one-woman tragicomedy "Yokohama Rosa" performed for two days from April 25, 2015, at the Japan Society in New York. Godai has been performing the monodrama, modeled after an elderly streetwalker in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, for almost two decades to convey the lasting impact of World War II on people's lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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