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Japanese-Korean manga festival kicks off

Nine municipalities in Japan and South Korea kicked off a “manga” festival in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday to promote youth exchanges between the two countries through the Japanese comic books.

[THE JAPAN TIMES]

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