Any visitor to the city of Shizuoka, a medium-sized city in the belly of Japan’s main island of Honshu, might turn a corner at random and instantly feel a smile on their face. With its clean, bustling ...

He turned his family’s lumber business into a manufacturer of model kits that won global popularity for their quality and historical accuracy. By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...

Shunsaku Tamiya, chairman of the Japanese plastic model assembly kit maker Tamiya Inc., has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 90. Tamiya, who died Friday of undisclosed causes, was known for ...

SHIZUOKA (Japan): Chairman of the Japanese plastic model kit maker Tamiya Inc., Shunsaku Tamiya, known for its radio-controlled cars and Mini 4WD models, has died, the company has announced. He was 90 ...

Japan’s Tamiya Inc. is spending P2 billion to build a new factory and expand its operations in the Philippines, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Tamiya, maker of plastic and ...

The Tamiya miniature-four wheel drive model kits were certainly one of the most popular toys in the Philippines in the early 2000s. Sadly, the man behind the company which brought the world that ...

MANILA -Japanese manufacturer of plastic model kits, Tamiya Corp., has opened its newly expanded facility in Cebu that cost nearly P1 billion to build, with P26 million worth of export products seen ...

TAMIYA, Inc., a Japanese manufacturer of plastic scale models and radio-control products for hobbyists, confirmed plans to invest P2 billion in an expansion of its Cebu operation this year, the ...