Japan Proposes Massive Manga Platform With AI Translations to Reach Overseas Fans
The Japanese government is considering a new digital manga platform that would bring together works from multiple publishers and use artificial intelligence to translate them into different languages, potentially giving overseas fans access to a much larger selection of officially licensed Japanese manga.
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