MANILA -- Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's new prime minister, is often referred to as an otaku -- a person fanatical about various aspects of popular culture.
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Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's great railway buff, leaves the station
The train 'otaku' who was never happier than on an overnight sleeper
Shigeru Ishiba in his office with a model of Izumo, the beloved sleeper train he rode so many times home to Tottori. (X account of Ishiba)
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