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(Xinhua file photo: People shopping in the Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, on December 30, 2023)
TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Ministry of Finance on Friday reported that seizures of imported counterfeit goods in Japan will exceed 30,000 cases in 2023, the highest number ever. 2 since records began in 1987 and exceeds 30,000 cases for the first time in three years.
The report shows that seizures of counterfeit goods across Japan in 2023 totaled 31,666 cases, up 17.5 percent from the previous year. And the highest number of cases was related to clothing (10,401 cases or 28 percent), followed by bags and shoes. which is mostly related to Japanese anime
The ministry added that cases involving counterfeit brand-name products rose 19.7 percent year-on-year to a total of 1,056,245 items, the first time in four years that the figure has exceeded one million. And most counterfeit products are distributed through e-commerce. Therefore, he called on the public to take notice of prices that were too low.
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2024-03-09 16:33:15
