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The government has set a goal of raising overseas sales by Japan’s content industry to 20 trillion yen by 2033
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- Japan will use official development assistance to help about 10 developing countries, including Vietnam and Indonesia, fight manga and anime piracy.
- The support includes strengthening copyright laws, training, awareness campaigns, and inviting local company staff to Japan for education.
- The initiative aims to protect content rights, boost overseas sales to 20 trillion yen by 2033, and increase annual industry support to 100 billion yen.
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TOKYO – Japan plans to use its official development assistance to help about 10 developing countries including Vietnam and Indonesia curb the rising piracy of Japanese manga, anime and games, a Japanese government official said on July 5
The Foreign Ministry aims to support copyright laws and training to prevent the distribution of fake products, with government data estimating 10.4 trillion yen (S$83 billion) in total losses last year from the illegal uploading of manga and anime and online sales of counterfeit character goods
The Foreign Ministry plans to select sequentially target countries from South-east Asia, the Middle East and Africa, in addition to Vietnam and Indonesia, and plans to dispatch legal experts, run awareness campaigns and invite employees of local companies to Japan for copyright training, the official said
The Japan International Cooperation Agency, which is the main executing agency for handling ODA, is set to start assessing local needs in August, with full-scale assistance expected from fiscal 2027 starting next April
“It will also help protect rights when developing countries create (their own) popular content,” a senior Foreign Ministry official said
The government has set a goal of raising overseas sales by Japan’s content industry to 20 trillion yen by 2033 and is considering doubling its annual support for the content industry to about 100 billion yen from about 55 billion yen currently
The plan is to have this reflected in its budgetary requests for fiscal 2027 to be compiled this summer
According to the government official, Vietnam has confirmed the existence of multiple pirated manga sites. KYODO NEWS
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