=An Template of Cover Letter=

Dear Editor

I would like to submit the attached manuscript entitled "(title)", 
for consideration for publication in Journal of Natural Language
Processing.

(1) Manuscript information

-Type: (General Paper, System Paper, Report, or Survey paper)
-Authors: (all authors)
-Title:
-Abstract: (max. 200 words)
-Contact information of the lead author: 
 name, postal code, address, affiliated organization and department/section, 
 phone number, e-mail address
-Name and (all) affiliations of each author
 (Affiliation is important for determining the COI at the time of peer review. 
 Therefore, kindly enter the laboratory, department or research team to which you belong.)
-Membership Numbers of authors with an ANLP membership (at least one)


(2) Paper Submission Checklist

Before submitting your paper, thoroughly review the latest version of the Manuscript 
Guide to Journal Publication, and provide the answer to the following items.
Manuscript Guide to Journal Publication: https://www.anlp.jp/en/guide/guideline.html

- The paper is a duplicate submission: 
 * Yes -> Explain the status of the duplicate submission:
 * No

- Part of the submission has been previously published:
 * Yes -> Provide the reference information of the previous publication, and describe 
   the differences between the previous publication and your submission. If any part 
   of the content of your paper has already been published in a different journal(s), 
   the difference should be at least 50%. If your paper has already been presented 
   in a different place(s) other than journal articles, for example, an international 
   conference, please affirm that all copyright matters have been cleared.   
   Sample texts:
    # a. Part of this paper has already been published in the journal article below. 
      Following are the differences between this and the published papers. They are 
      at least 50% different.
    # b. This paper is an extended and translated version of a paper previously 
      presented at a {study group meeting, annual convention, international conference, 
      etc.}. I confirm that this paper does not constitute a duplicate submission because 
      the original paper is not a journal article.
      # b1. I own the copyright of the previously published paper and this ownership is 
        transferable to the Association for Natural Language Processing when accepted 
        for publication.
      # b2. Although the copyright of the previously published paper has been transferred, 
        no trouble or conflict will arise from submitting extended or translated versions 
        of the published paper to the Association for Natural Language Processing. 
        (For an extended version, the difference between the original and the submitted 
        papers must be at least 25% and this must be specified at the time of submission.)
     Examples of original paper's copyright information:
      # Below is the URL of the site containing information about the original paper's 
        copyright ownership transfer.
      # The original paper's site states that its content is licensed under a Creative 
        Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
 * No

- (If part of the submission has been previously published) The previous publication is 
  mentioned in a footnote on the first page of the paper:
 * N/A (No previous publication)
 * Yes
 * No

- Confirmed that the content of the submission is understandable in monochrome printing:
 * Yes
 * No

- (If the research uses existing datasets/tools) Confirmed the terms of use for the 
  datasets/tools you used:
 * N/A (Not using existing datasets/tools)
 * Yes -> Specify the names of the datasets/tools used:
 * No

- (If the research constructs a new dataset) Confirmed the terms of use for the source 
  data of the dataset you constructed:
 * N/A (Not constructing a new dataset)
 * Yes -> Specify the source data of the dataset constructed:
 * No

- Confirmed that there are no issues regarding the rights of the figures and tables 
  (When including figures, tables, or characters from other literature, it is 
  necessary to consider copyright and trademark rights.):
 * Yes
 * No

- Discussed the ethical risks associated with the research content and outcomes in the 
  submission:
 * N/A (No ethical risks)
 * Yes
 * No

- Used an AI assistant (such as ChatGPT) in writing the paper:
 * Yes -> Specify the AI assistant used and how it was used:
 * No


(3) PDF file of the manuscript

Note:
* Name the file as "yyyymmdd_author's name.pdf." (e.g. 20150101_sato.pdf)

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