{"id":7564,"date":"2010-08-04T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T19:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7564"},"modified":"2010-08-04T12:01:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T20:31:38","slug":"targeting-children-u-s-uses-comics-to-promote-u-s-japan-military-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7564","title":{"rendered":"Targeting Children: U.S. uses comics to promote U.S.-Japan military alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- No EWA -->The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-10851195\">U.S. is using manga<\/a>, a Japanese comic book form to promote its tattered military alliance with Japan.\u00a0 Psyops targeting children?<\/p>\n<p>And the racial and sexual politics of the characters are just a little creepy.\u00a0 The blond blue-eyed boy &#8220;Usa-kun&#8221; protects the house of the girl &#8220;Arai Anzu&#8221;. When asked why he says &#8220;Because we have an alliance&#8230;We are &#8216;Important Friends&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a U.S. marine was arrested as the suspect in another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-08-04\/japan-police-arrest-u-s-marine-for-sexual-assault-in-okinawa-kyodo-says.html\">rape of a woman in Okinawa<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess &#8216;Important Friends&#8217; expect special privileges from the ones they protect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;&gt;&lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<p><span><span>3 August 2010<\/span> <span>Last updated at <\/span><span>05:36 ET<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"page-bookmark-links-head\"><!--  Social media icons by Paul Annet | http:\/\/nicepaul.com\/icons  --><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n$render(\"page-bookmark-links\",\"page-bookmark-links-head\",{\n    position:\"top\",\n    site:'News', \n    headline:'BBC News - Manga to promote US-Japan military alliance', \n    storyId:'10851195', \n    sectionId:'99122', \n    url:'http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-10851195', \n    edition:'US' \n});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Manga to promote US-Japan military alliance<\/h1>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/48586000\/jpg\/_48586750_cover.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover of the first of the four manga comics\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" \/> <span style=\"width: 224px;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"width: 224px;\">The manga is the first of four explaining the half-century alliance<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The US military is to use manga-style comics to teach Japanese children about the two countries&#8217; security alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Four comics featuring a Japanese girl and a visiting US boy  will be posted online, each exploring how US and Japanese troops work  together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In it the young girl, Arai Anzu &#8211; which sounds like alliance when  pronounced by a Japanese person &#8211; asks the boy, Usa-kun &#8211; a play on USA &#8211;  why he is protecting her house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because we have an alliance,&#8221; he says. &#8220;We are &#8216;Important Friends&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to have a friend you can rely on to go with you,&#8221; the little girl concludes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-10851195\">READ THE FULL ARTICLE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. is using manga, a Japanese comic book form to promote its tattered military alliance with Japan.\u00a0 Psyops targeting children? And the racial and sexual politics of the characters are just a little creepy.\u00a0 The blond blue-eyed boy &#8220;Usa-kun&#8221; protects the house of the girl &#8220;Arai Anzu&#8221;. 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