The two suspects were arrested earlier on February 4 for allegedly posting images of manga from Weekly Shonen Jump.
The two foreign nationals who were arrested earlier this month for allegedly posting images of manga from Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine faced new accusations on Sunday by the Kumamoto and Niigata prefectural police’s joint investigation unit.
Japanese police arrested three people for allegedly uploading Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga from Weekly Shonen Jump in 2017.
This time, the suspects are also accused of posting images of manga from Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine online before their scheduled publication.