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Waxing eloquent

A life-size wax figure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, created by sculptors at Madame Tussauds, is seen on the campus of Tokyo's Seikei University, Abe's alma mater, earlier this month. The sculpture was put on display at the Decks Tokyo Beach amusement complex in Odaiba last Saturday. The figure has drawn a mixed reaction, amid Abe's drive to reinterpret the Constitution to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. Following Shigeru Yoshida and Junichiro Koizumi, Abe is the third Japanese prime minister to be immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds. | COURTESY OF MADAME TUSSAUDS

A life-size wax figure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, created by sculptors at Madame Tussauds, is seen on the campus of Tokyo's Seikei University, Abe's alma mater, earlier this month. The sculpture was put on display at the Decks Tokyo Beach amusement complex in Odaiba last Saturday. The figure has drawn a mixed reaction, amid Abe's drive to reinterpret the Constitution to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. Following Shigeru Yoshida and Junichiro Koizumi, Abe is the third Japanese prime minister to be immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds. | COURTESY OF MADAME TUSSAUDS

Courtesy Of Madame Tussauds

May 20, 2014

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