Japan plans to open national manga museum

Japan plans to open national manga museum
Japan is working on a Manga National Center project as one of its "Cool Japan" strategies. The key feature of the project is a plan to open a museum to collect and exhibit such items as original artwork from Japanese manga and anime that are popular …
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Ethiopia: Japan to Work With IGAD in Terrorism Fight
The Government of Japan yesterday contributed 775,000 USD, the first ever direct support to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for the IGAD-Japan Partnership Project on countering terrorism and radicalism in Somalia here at the IGAD …
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Is Japan's plan for more women in the workplace failing?
The government has repeatedly said it is working on building more facilities. But the topic was brought back into the spotlight when an anonymous mother posted a strongly-worded blog, saying: "My child wasn't accepted for nursery school. Die, Japan!!!".
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