Japanese Government Acknowledges International Anime Piracy

The seventh year dialogue of the “Japan-US Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative” was issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on October 18th. Page 52 of the 53 page document dealing with multiple aspects of international trade between Japan and the United States includes a single paragraph urging the United States to do more to combat the unauthorized distribution of Japanese animation through internet video-sharing websites and peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.

Source: AnimeAnime.jp