But a spokesman for the Cultural Affairs Division of Japan's Foreign Ministry attributed the decline to a change in the application schedule rather than any drop in interest in manga.

但日本外务省文化事务分部的一名发言人将这种下滑归因于申请时间的变化，而不是对漫画的兴趣出现了任何程度的减弱。

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But a spokesman for the Cultural Affairs Division of Japan's Foreign Ministry attributed the decline to a change in the application schedule rather than any drop in interest in manga.

但日本外务省文化事务分部的一名发言人将这种下滑归因于申请时间的变化，而不是对漫画的兴趣出现了任何程度的减弱。

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