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Shunsaku Tamiya, Who Brought Perfection to Plastic Replica Models, Dies at 90

He turned his family’s lumber business into a manufacturer of model kits that won global popularity for their quality and historical accuracy.

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Shunsaku Tamiya, who turned his family’s plastic model business into a global brand, held a scale replica of a German World War II Tiger tank at the hobby show in Shizuoka, Japan, in 2003.

In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan and other leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Monday, a day after the party’s defeat in parliamentary elections.

Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist parties surged.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, vowed to stay in office despite the poor showing by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has led Japan for all but five of the last 70 years.

Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

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Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Japan Election 2025: What to Know

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing calls to resign after his long-governing party suffered a stark defeat on Sunday, as voters swung right.

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The Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, seen standing, is now a minority party in both houses of Japan’s Parliament.
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