Survey Estimates Annual Damage from Free-Ride Manga Reading on Pirate Sites at ¥8.5 Trillion

The Yomiuri Shimbun
17:15 JST,
October 30, 2025
Damage estimated at ¥8.5 trillion per year is caused by free-ride reading of Japanese manga and novels carried on pirate websites without permission, according to the first survey on the issue by ABJ (Authorized Books of Japan), the results of which were published Wednesday.
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