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In 2018, police arrested a 23-year-old man in the western city of Himeji for making a gun and more than 130 bullets at home.

The tiny but proud manufacturer is tucked away in the sleepy Japanese city of Himeji, famous for little other than an ancient castle, gourmet seawater eels and the matches.

Himeji has dominated match production in Japan.

The son of hoteliers, Mr. Takada was born in Himeji, Japan, on Feb. 27, 1939, and developed a love of fashion by reading his sisters’ fashion magazines.

Born in 1939 in Himeji, in the Hyogo Prefecture in Japan, Takada developed a love for fashion after reading his sister's fashion magazines.