English-Japanese dictionary full of "Kumamon" illustrations released

Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2015, shows an English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionary full of illustrations of "Kumamon," the Kumamoto prefectural government's popular mascot character, released by a Tokyo publisher. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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