KYODO — A Japanese minister on Friday underlined the government's stance on unauthorised use of copyrighted works, after United States President Donald Trump posted a video on social media appearing to depict him as the hero of anime series "Naruto."
Without commenting directly on the video, Kimi Onoda, minister for the "Cool Japan" strategy of promoting Japanese cultural exports, told a press conference that the "basic principle" of obtaining permission from rights holders to use copyrighted material "applies equally when the user is a public institution."
