# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百一条 (Article 101) - 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: 第百一条 (Article 101)（実演、レコード、放送又は有線放送の保護期間） — address `art-101` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百一条（実演、レコード、放送又は有線放送の保護期間） — (The Term of Protection for Performances, Phonograms, Broadcasts, and Cablecasts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101 **第一項** 著作隣接権の存続期間は、次に掲げる時に始まる。 art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-1 The duration of neighboring rights begins at the following times: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 実演に関しては、その実演を行つた時 art-101/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-1/item-1 for a performance, the time that the performance takes place; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** レコードに関しては、その音を最初に固定した時 art-101/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-1/item-2 for a phonogram, the time that the first fixation of sounds is made; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 放送に関しては、その放送を行つた時 art-101/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-1/item-3 for a broadcast, the time that the broadcast takes place; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 有線放送に関しては、その有線放送を行つた時 art-101/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-1/item-4 for a cablecast, the time that the cablecast takes place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作隣接権の存続期間は、次に掲げる時をもつて満了する。 art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2 The duration of neighboring rights expires at the following times: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 実演に関しては、その実演が行われた日の属する年の翌年から起算して七十年を経過した時 art-101/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2/item-1 for a performance, once 70 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the performance takes place; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** レコードに関しては、その発行が行われた日の属する年の翌年から起算して七十年（その音が最初に固定された日の属する年の翌年から起算して七十年を経過する時までの間に発行されなかつたときは、その音が最初に固定された日の属する年の翌年から起算して七十年）を経過した時 art-101/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2/item-2 for a phonogram, once 70 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the phonogram is published (or once 70 years have passed counting from the year after that in which the sounds are first fixed in a phonogram, if the work is not published within 70 years counting from the year after that in which the sounds are first fixed in a phonogram); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 放送に関しては、その放送が行われた日の属する年の翌年から起算して五十年を経過した時 art-101/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2/item-3 for a broadcast, once 50 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the broadcast takes place; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 有線放送に関しては、その有線放送が行われた日の属する年の翌年から起算して五十年を経過した時 art-101/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101/par-2/item-4 for a cablecast, once 50 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the cablecast takes place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 附則第十五条第二項（著作隣接権についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-3451-48/art-15/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第八項（レコードの保護期間についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4141-72/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4141-72/par-8 - 著作権法 附則第七条第一項（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4281-108/art-7/par-1 --- ## Sources - 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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19