An official of the Self-Defense Forces' Shiga Provincial Cooperation Office, commenting on the removal of a recruitment poster that came under fire for featuring female anime characters wearing ...

This photo provided by Kanagawa Prefectural Police shows posters created using generative AI that are suspected of infringing the copyrights of popular anime franchises. YOKOHAMA -- Police in ...

The recruitment poster was created by the SDF's Shiga Provincial Cooperation Office in Otsu and features three female characters from "Strike Witches," an aerial combat anime series.