TOKYO -- Publishers and streaming platforms from over 10 countries, including Japan, the U.S. and China, will come together to curb piracy of manga and anime, creating an organization to help with criminal investigations in the field.
In Japan, piracy cost the manga industry alone roughly 800 billion yen ($6.95 billion) in the January-October period -- more than the entire market for authorized publications, estimated at 600 billion yen yearly.
