①A person who intends to exploit an unmanaged work made public, etc. may, if all of the following items are satisfied, exploit that unmanaged work made public, etc. in accordance with the compulsory license, after obtaining a compulsory license from the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and depositing for the copyright owner compensation in an amount fixed by the Commissioner in consideration of an amount equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties.

②An unmanaged work made public, etc. as prescribed in the preceding paragraph means a work made public, etc. that falls under none of the following items:

③A person who intends to obtain the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "compulsory license") must submit to the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs a written application stating the title of the work subject to the compulsory license, the name of the author and other information necessary to identify the work, the method and period of exploiting the work, the matters that are to serve as the basis for calculating the amount of compensation, and any other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, attaching the following materials:

④The following matters are to be fixed in a compulsory license:

⑤The period referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be within the scope of the exploitation period stated in the written application referred to in paragraph (3), and must not exceed three years.

⑥The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (4) and paragraphs (6) through (10) apply mutatis mutandis to a compulsory license. In this case, the phrase "the items of paragraph (5)" in paragraph (7), item (i) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the items of Article 67-3, paragraph (4)", and the phrase "paragraph (5), item (i)" in paragraph (8), item (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 67-3, paragraph (4), items (i) and (ii)".

⑦If the copyright owner of the work subject to a compulsory license has taken measures necessary for receiving requests for consultation from the person who obtained that compulsory license regarding the exploitation of that work, such as entrusting the management of the copyright in that work to a copyright management service, or making public a point of contact for receiving requests for consultation regarding the exploitation of that work and other information, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may rescind that compulsory license at the request of that copyright owner. In this case, the Commissioner must in advance notify the person who obtained that compulsory license of the reasons and give that person an opportunity to explain and to submit favorable evidence.

⑧When the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has rescinded a compulsory license pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner must notify the person who obtained that compulsory license and the copyright owner referred to in the preceding paragraph of that fact, the compensation amount up to revocation prescribed in the following paragraph, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

⑨In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the copyright owner may receive repayment, out of the amount of compensation deposited pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) in respect of the right to receive the compensation referred to in that paragraph, of the amount corresponding to the period from the date of the compulsory license to the day before the date of the disposition rescinding it (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "compensation amount up to revocation").

⑩In the case prescribed in paragraph (8), the person who deposited the compensation referred to in paragraph (1) may recover the portion of the amount of that compensation that exceeds the compensation amount up to revocation.

⑪Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the deposit under that paragraph is not required if the national or local government or equivalent corporation seeks to exploit an unmanaged work made public, etc. pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph. In this case, if requested by the copyright owner, the national or local government or equivalent corporation must pay the copyright owner compensation in the amount fixed by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (or, in the case prescribed in paragraph (8), the compensation amount up to revocation).

①A broadcaster or simultaneous broadcasting service seeking to broadcast a work that has been made public or transmit such work via simultaneous broadcasting may, if all of the following items are satisfied, broadcast the work or transmit the work via simultaneous broadcasting pursuant to a compulsory license by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and after paying compensation to the copyright owner in the amount that has been fixed by the Commissioner as equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties.

②A work that is broadcast or transmitted via simultaneous broadcasting pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may also be cablecast, transmitted via area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission, or communicated publicly through a receiver. In this case, except in a case to which the provisions of Article 38, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, the person that makes that cablecast, transmits the area-limited specified input-type automatic public transmission, or sends the communication must pay the copyright owner compensation in an amount equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties.

③Upon receipt of an application for the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must notify the copyright owner affected by the application of this, and must afford that owner an opportunity to express an opinion, specifying an adequate period of time for this.

④The provisions of Article 67, paragraphs (4), (6) and (7) apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory license referred to in paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "the applicant" in paragraph (7) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the applicant and the copyright owner", and the phrase "the matters set forth in the items of paragraph (5)" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that fact".

①Once a commercial phonogram has been sold for the first time in Japan and three years have elapsed since the date of its first sale, a person seeking to make a sound recording of a musical work whose sound has been recorded onto that phonogram with the authorization of the copyright owner and to thereby produce a different commercial phonogram may, if all of the following items are satisfied, make such a sound recording or make such a commercial phonogram available to the public through its transfer pursuant to a compulsory license by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and after paying compensation to the copyright owner in the amount that has been fixed by the Commissioner as equivalent to the ordinary rate of royalties.

②The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the compulsory license referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 67 through the preceding Article, any necessary particulars involved in the compulsory licenses referred to in this Section are provided by Cabinet Order.