# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58) - 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（保護期間の特例） — address `art-58` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-58 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-58 - 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. --- ### 第五十八条（保護期間の特例） — (Special Provisions on Terms of Protection) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-58 **第一項** 文学的及び美術的著作物の保護に関するベルヌ条約により創設された国際同盟の加盟国、著作権に関する世界知的所有権機関条約の締約国又は世界貿易機関の加盟国である外国をそれぞれ文学的及び美術的著作物の保護に関するベルヌ条約、著作権に関する世界知的所有権機関条約又は世界貿易機関を設立するマラケシュ協定の規定に基づいて本国とする著作物（第六条第一号に該当するものを除く。）で、その本国において定められる著作権の存続期間が第五十一条から第五十四条までに定める著作権の存続期間より短いものについては、その本国において定められる著作権の存続期間による。 art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-58/par-1 If, pursuant to the provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, or the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, the country of origin of a work (except a work falling under Article 6, item (i)) is a foreign country that is a member of the International Union established by the Berne Convention, a contracting party to the WIPO Copyright Treaty, or a member of the World Trade Organization, and if that country of origin has established a shorter duration of copyright for such a work than what is provided for in Articles 51 through 54, the duration of copyright for that work is the duration established by the country of origin. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-58/par-1: 第六条第一号 → 著作権法 第六条第一項第一号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-6/par-1/item-1 - art-58/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十四条まで → 著作権法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-51 - art-58/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十四条まで → 著作権法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-52 - art-58/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十四条まで → 著作権法 第五十三条 (Article 53), art-53 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53 - art-58/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十四条まで → 著作権法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54 --- ## 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