[HIGHLIGHTS] The damage caused by free reading of Japanese manga becomes more serious, and countermeasures against pirated copies of foreign languages ​​become an urgent need.

The damage caused by free reading of Japanese manga becomes more serious. Countermeasures against pirated copies of foreign languages ​​become an urgent need.

According to a February survey by ABJ, there were 1,207 pirated sites that posted manga and other publications without permission. By language, English has the largest number of sites at 466, but there are also many other languages, such as Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. The number of accesses to Japanese pirate sites exceeded 400 million in the second half of 2021.