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delete single use of manga for US Navy publicity - what we really need is an article on US-Japanese relations, e.g., why do some Japanese oppose the US military presence?

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Manga is often printed in the original Japanese language format. This means that many manga read from right to left, unlike American comics. This is often confusing to first-time readers.

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~~==U.S. Navy Uses Manga==~~

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The [[United States Navy]] have created a manga-style book to explain its mission to Japanese audiences. [[Stars and Stripes]], the newspaper for overseas members of the United States Armed Forces, has confirmed that approximately 30,000 individual copies of the book have now been printed. Entitled "CVN-73", the manga is meant to promote the arrival of the aircraft carrier [[USS George Washington]] at the U.S. Navy base in [[Yokosuka]], [[Japan]]. ("CVN-73" is this carrier's hull number.) [http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54642 Stars & Stripes Article]

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The "GW," which is due to start its deployment in August, will be the first American nuclear-powered naval vessel to be permanently based in Japan. Japanese citizens' groups have raised opposition to having a nuclear-powered carrier based in the country, but the manga only indirectly notes the carrier's power source by saying "the heart of the GW has a 50-year life span and doesn't need refueling."

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