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

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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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