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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
National
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Model citizens

Special dolls in the likeness of famous people expected to shine this year are seen at Kyugetsu, a doll store in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday -- the first day of a two-day showing of the works ahead of the Children's Day holiday on May 5. The dolls, which the store calls "generals of hope," include Shohei Ohtani, who plays baseball for the Los Angeles Angels, and professional shogi players Sota Fujii and Yoshiharu Habu.

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