Japan has reportedly asked the US to stop using Mario, Pokemon, and others in social media posts It's not just about the sanctity of copyright law anymore—Japan's foreign ministry is apparently worried that the US government is damaging the brands. It seems that the government of Japan is not happy with the US government's habit of using images from Japanese videogames in its political rhetoric, which has included racist, war-mongering social media posts. A Mainichi Shimbun report (Google translated, via IGN) says Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has "repeatedly expressed concerns" about the use of such images, both because it doesn't have permission to use them as well as the potential damage to globally recognized brands like Mario and Pokémon. In September, for instance, Homeland Security posted a montage of immigration raids and arrests interspersed with video clips and music from the Pokémon animated series; Customs and Border Patrol followed with a video of dancing Pikachu as "Border Patrols' newest recruit." The Pokémon Company said at the time that the use of its property in those promos was unauthorized, but DHS made clear that it didn't care, and that it had no intention of stopping.
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