Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- In the escalating global battle between content creators and AI companies, a new and decisive front has opened in Japan. The world's third-largest economy has become the epicentre of a landmark legal offensive, as three of its most influential media companies, Yomiuri Shimbun, Nikkei, and Asahi Shimbun, have filed separate, high-stakes lawsuits against Perplexity AI.

These cases, while sharing a common theme with their U.S. counterparts of unauthorised content use and "free-riding," are uniquely positioned within the context of Japan's exceptionally permissive AI copyright law, Article 30-4. The outcome of these disputes will not only shape the future of AI in Asia but could also set a global precedent for how intel...