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IP/N/1/JPN/C/9  
 
3 March 2022  
(22-1982)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
JAPAN : COPYRIGHT ACT (ACT NO.48 OF 1970)  
Notifying Member  JAPAN 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Copyright Act (Act No.48 of 1970)  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/JPN/22_1902_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/JP N/22_1902_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/JPN/54, IP/N/1/JPN/C/8  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Copyright Act was revised in order to review provisions on rights restrictions relating to libraries 
and to facilitate rights handling for particular types of streaming of broadcast programs on the 
Internet.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English , Japanese  
Entry into force  1 January 2022  
Other date   Adoption: 2 June 2021  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  28 February 2022  
Other information   IP/N/1/JPN/61 • IP/N/1/JPN/C/9  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Copyright Division  
Agency for Cultural Affairs  
 
3-2-2 Kasumigaseki  
Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8959,  
Japan  
 
Telephone:  +81-3-5253-4111 
Fax:   +81-3-6734-3813 
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  