Japan's anime boom raises stakes in global piracy hunt
By Toko Sekiguchi ( November 11, 2026, 09:27 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s expanding anime business faces challenges from piracy networks abroad whose operators can hide behind anonymous hosting services and multiple websites, leaving rights holders dependent on technical investigations and foreign authorities to pursue them.Japan’s expanding anime business faces challenges from piracy networks abroad whose operators can hide behind anonymous hosting services and multiple websites, leaving rights holders dependent on technical investigations and foreign authorities to pursue them....
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