Japanese police arrested a 27-year-old man on board a plane Tuesday as he was being deported from the Philippines for allegedly operating an illegal manga-viewing website that hosted copies of popular comics such as "One Piece."
Romi Hoshino, the person being arrested allegedly headed the operation of the website which believed to have caused over ¥300 billion in damage to the manga industry by carrying unauthorized image files of popular series.
Three people other than Hoshino have already been indicted over the operation of Manga-Mura, which was shut down in April 2018, and the police are trying to clarify their roles in the operation, as well as advertising schemes.
Hoshino denied involvement in the operation of Manga-Mura during the initial investigation around the spring of last year, the sources said.
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