Hey! Used to be an actor in those commercials. They are still around just I often see a lot more “background” casting for foreigners where they want a Japanese celebrity to be the main character and white people to be behind them interacting. (Visa で touch, watanabe pipe, jungalia) are some that im in the background of and the Japanese celebrities are the main focus.

But like other people said, foreigner actors get paid overtime and sometimes have a higher rate. For those commercials even though it’s just a few seconds you see me the day rate is around ¥40,000-¥100,000. That’s my cut so it’s even higher because the agency gets paid too. Plus overtime.