Cereal boxes have proven how effective cartoon characters can be in communicating with the young, and Japan's government is also getting in on the act by recruiting a set of typical manga characters to be its latest spokespeople. In a new poster campaign posted around Tokyo's Harajuku district, Japan's Information-technology Promotion Agency is urging teenagers to be mindful of the need for strong
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