The Fukuoka district court held the arraignment on Monday for two suspects who are allegedly related to the Japanese manga piracy website Mangamura.
The 26-year-old male suspect Kōta Fujisaki pleaded guilty, and 24-year-old female suspect Shiho Itō pleaded not guilty.
The Japanese government officially asked internet service providers in Japan to block access to three pirated manga websites including Mangamura in April 2018.
According to Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), between September 2017 and February 2018, users accessed Mangamura about 620 million times.