JAWOC to collect magazine featuring 'inappropriate' cartoon

JAWOC to collect magazine featuring 'inappropriate' cartoon

OSAKA, Japan - The Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) says April 13 it will collect some 9,000 copies of a JAWOC magazine featuring a cartoon strip that could be offensive to Koreans. The cartoon depicts a Korean-speaking wolf threatening a Japanese-speaking raccoon dog with a knife.

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