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.”
Japan, Britain, Italy defence ministers to meet in Tokyo this week https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/japan-britain-italy-defence-ministers-to-meet-in-tokyo-this-week/ar-AA18Ames
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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.