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MANGA INDUSTRY CALLS FOR ACTION TO TACKLE OVERSEAS PIRACY

A growing number of piracy websites are taking advantage of the global popularity of Japanese manga to illegally sell foreign-language versions. Officials of related industries say action is needed to tackle the problem.

The Authorized Books of Japan says a survey conducted in February found more than 1,200 sites were offering pirated titles. The ABJ says more than 70 percent of them were in foreign languages, mainly targeting people in Southeast Asian countries.

The organization estimates that these foreign-language sites have at least five times the traffic of the Japanese ones. The estimated damage from overseas copyright infringement was much higher than the 2.5 billion dollars reported in Japan last year.