{
  "id": 14252331,
  "title": "Japan to Promote Soft Power Diplomacy with Manga, Anime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/japan-to-promote-soft-power-diplomacy-with-manga-anime",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T16:54:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101000130/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan aims to strengthen soft power diplomacy, leveraging its pop culture such as manga and anime. The government plans to actively use popular works to gain more fans of Japan in Global South emerging and developing countries, and to enhance Japan's influence in the broader international community. The Foreign Ministry requested 1.83 billion yen under the go...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}