# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九十条の二 (Article 90-2) - Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号 - English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第九十条の二 (Article 90-2)（氏名表示権） — address `art-90-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十条の二（氏名表示権） — (Right of Attribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-90-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2 **第一項** 実演家は、その実演の公衆への提供又は提示に際し、その氏名若しくはその芸名その他氏名に代えて用いられるものを実演家名として表示し、又は実演家名を表示しないこととする権利を有する。 art-90-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-1 A performer has the right to decide whether to use the performer's name, stage name, or any other name to indicate the name of the performer in connection with the performance at the time it is made available or presented to the public, or to decide that the performer's name will not be indicated in connection with that performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 実演を利用する者は、その実演家の別段の意思表示がない限り、その実演につき既に実演家が表示しているところに従つて実演家名を表示することができる。 art-90-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-2 Unless the performer has manifested a different intention, a person exploiting a performance may indicate the name of the performer in accordance with how the performer has already done so in connection with that performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 実演家名の表示は、実演の利用の目的及び態様に照らし実演家がその実演の実演家であることを主張する利益を害するおそれがないと認められるとき又は公正な慣行に反しないと認められるときは、省略することができる。 art-90-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-3 The name of the performer may be omitted if it is found that doing so is unlikely to harm the interests of the performer in a claim to being the performer in that performance, in light of the purpose and circumstances of its exploitation, or if the omission is found to be compatible with fair practices. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The name of the performer may be omitted if it is found that that doing so is unlikely to harm the interests of the performer in a claim to being the performer in that performance, in light of the purpose and circumstances of its exploitation, or if the omission is found to be compatible with fair practices." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb **第四項** 第一項の規定は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、適用しない。 art-90-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply in any of the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 行政機関情報公開法、独立行政法人等情報公開法又は情報公開条例の規定により行政機関の長、独立行政法人等又は地方公共団体の機関若しくは地方独立行政法人が実演を公衆に提供し、又は提示する場合において、当該実演につき既にその実演家が表示しているところに従つて実演家名を表示するとき。 art-90-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-4/item-1 the performance is made available or presented to the public by the head of an administrative organ or by an incorporated administrative agency, etc., a local government agency, or a local incorporated administrative agency pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information, the Act on Access to Incorporated Administrative Agencies' Information, or information disclosure ordinance, and the name of the performer is indicated in accordance with how the performer has already done so for that performance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 行政機関情報公開法第六条第二項の規定、独立行政法人等情報公開法第六条第二項の規定又は情報公開条例の規定で行政機関情報公開法第六条第二項の規定に相当するものにより行政機関の長、独立行政法人等又は地方公共団体の機関若しくは地方独立行政法人が実演を公衆に提供し、又は提示する場合において、当該実演の実演家名の表示を省略することとなるとき。 art-90-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-4/item-2 the performance is made available or presented to the public by the head of an administrative organ, an incorporated administrative agency, etc., a local government agency, or a local incorporated administrative agency, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information, the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Incorporated Administrative Agencies' Information, or the provisions of information disclosure ordinance that are equivalent to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information, and it is a case in which the name of the performer is to be omitted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 公文書管理法第十六条第一項の規定又は公文書管理条例の規定（同項の規定に相当する規定に限る。）により国立公文書館等の長又は地方公文書館等の長が実演を公衆に提供し、又は提示する場合において、当該実演につき既にその実演家が表示しているところに従つて実演家名を表示するとき。 art-90-2/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-4/item-3 the performance is made available or presented to the public by the head of the National Archives of Japan, etc. or the head of local archives, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Public Records Management Act or the provisions of public records management ordinance (limited to the provisions equivalent to those of that paragraph), and the name of the performer is indicated in accordance with how the performer has already done so for that performance. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-90-2/par-4: 第一項 → 著作権法 第九十条の二第一項 (Article 90-2, paragraph (1)), art-90-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-1 - art-90-2/par-4/item-2: 行政機関情報公開法第六条第二項 → 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-6/par-2 - art-90-2/par-4/item-2: 独立行政法人等情報公開法第六条第二項 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000140, 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-90-2/par-4/item-3: 公文書管理法第十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 421AC0000000066, 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第八十九条第一項（著作隣接権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-89/par-1 - 著作権法 第九十条の二第四項（氏名表示権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-90-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-90-2/par-4 - 著作権法 附則第五項（実演家人格権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4141-72/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4141-72/par-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act (著作権法), Article 90-2, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-004, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19