# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第三十二条 (Article 32) - 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: 第三十二条 (Article 32)（引用） — address `art-32` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-32 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-32 - 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. --- ### 第三十二条（引用） — (Quotations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-32 **第一項** 公表された著作物は、引用して利用することができる。この場合において、その引用は、公正な慣行に合致するものであり、かつ、報道、批評、研究その他の引用の目的上正当な範囲内で行なわれるものでなければならない。 art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-32/par-1 It is permissible to quote and thereby exploit a work that has been made public. In such a case, the work must be quoted consistent with fair practices and within a scope that is justified for the purpose of news reporting, critique, study, or other place in which the work is quoted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国等の周知目的資料は、説明の材料として新聞紙、雑誌その他の刊行物に転載することができる。ただし、これを禁止する旨の表示がある場合は、この限りでない。 art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-32/par-2 It is permissible for publicity materials of a national government agency, etc. to be reprinted as explanatory materials in a newspaper, magazine, or other printed publication; provided, however, that this does not apply if it is expressly indicated that this is prohibited. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第三十一条第一項第一号（図書館等における複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項第二号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 - 著作権法 第四十七条の七第一項（複製権の制限により作成された複製物の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-7/par-1 - 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第一号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-1 - 著作権法 第四十八条第一項第三号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 第八十六条第一項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-1 - 著作権法 第八十六条第三項（出版権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-86/par-3 - 著作権法 第百二条第一項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-1 - 著作権法 第百二条第二項（著作隣接権の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-102/par-2 --- ## 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