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In 1844, the Dutch informed the Tokugawa shogunate of the existence of steam ships, but the military government wasn’t interested in the idea. In 1855, the lord of the Satsuma domain commissioned a successful construction of the first Japanese steam-powered boat but news of that was mostly drowned out by the arrival of Commodore Perry…

HarperCollins — one of English-language publishing’s five largest companies — announced Monday the launch of Kazé, a dedicated manga imprint for the United States market, with an initial slate of seven titles to be announced later this year. The imprint will publish titles for readers of all ages, from children through adults, marking the first…