This is just because Japan lets them get away with even more stuff that would be classified as copyright infringement anywhere else.
> Japan recently reaffirmed that it will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training. The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal sites or otherwise.”
Tokyo Governor asks people to wear a polo neck to cut climate emissions, save power https://www.firstpost.com/world/tokyo-governor-asks-people-to-wear-a-polo-neck-to-cut-climate-emissions-save-power-12018102.html
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This is just because Japan lets them get away with even more stuff that would be classified as copyright infringement anywhere else.
> Japan recently reaffirmed that it will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training. The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal sites or otherwise.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-art-wars-japan-says-185350499.html
https://www.privacyworld.blog/2024/03/japans-new-draft-guidelines-on-ai-and-copyright-is-it-really-ok-to-train-ai-using-pirated-materials/
https://www.biia.com/japan-goes-all-in-copyright-doesnt-apply-to-ai-training/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36144241
Until Nintendo steps in and has their say.