# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（登録手続等） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（登録手続等） — (Registration Procedure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78 **第一項** 第七十五条第一項、第七十六条第一項、第七十六条の二第一項又は前条の登録は、文化庁長官が著作権登録原簿に記載し、又は記録して行う。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-1 The registrations referred to in Article 75, paragraph (1); Article 76, paragraph (1); Article 76-2, paragraph (1); and the preceding Article are made by the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, who enters or records them in the copyright register. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 著作権登録原簿は、政令で定めるところにより、その全部又は一部を磁気ディスク（これに準ずる方法により一定の事項を確実に記録しておくことができる物を含む。第四項において同じ。）をもつて調製することができる。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-2 The copyright register may be prepared in whole or in part using magnetic discs (this includes any object on which it is possible to reliably record a fixed set of data using equivalent means; the same applies in paragraph (4)), pursuant to Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 文化庁長官は、第七十五条第一項の登録を行つたときは、その旨をインターネットの利用その他の適切な方法により公表するものとする。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-3 Upon making a registration referred to in Article 75, paragraph (1), the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs must issue a public notice of this using the internet or by any other appropriate method. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 何人も、文化庁長官に対し、著作権登録原簿の謄本若しくは抄本若しくはその附属書類の写しの交付、著作権登録原簿若しくはその附属書類の閲覧又は著作権登録原簿のうち磁気ディスクをもつて調製した部分に記録されている事項を記載した書類の交付を請求することができる。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-4 Any person may enter a request with the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs to be delivered a certified copy or a certified abstract of entries in the copyright register or a copy of its annexed documents, to inspect the register or its annexed documents, or to be delivered documents detailing information recorded in a portion of the copyright register that has been prepared using magnetic discs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の請求をする者は、実費を勘案して政令で定める額の手数料を納付しなければならない。 art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-5 A person entering a request referred to in the preceding paragraph must pay the fee that has been fixed by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の規定は、同項の規定により手数料を納付すべき者が国であるときは、適用しない。 art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-6 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the person that would be required to pay an application fee pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph is the national government. machine translation, not official **第七項** 第一項に規定する登録に関する処分については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第二章及び第三章の規定は、適用しない。 art-78/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-7 The provisions of Chapters II and III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to measures taken in connection with registrations referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 著作権登録原簿及びその附属書類については、行政機関情報公開法の規定は、適用しない。 art-78/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-8 The provisions of the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information do not apply to the copyright register and its annexed documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 著作権登録原簿及びその附属書類に記録されている保有個人情報（個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第六十条第一項に規定する保有個人情報をいう。）については、同法第五章第四節の規定は、適用しない。 art-78/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-9 The provisions of Chapter V, Section 4 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) do not apply to retained personal information (meaning the retained personal information prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of that Act) that is recorded in the copyright register and its annexed documents. machine translation, not official **第十項** この節に規定するもののほか、第一項に規定する登録に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-78/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-10 Beyond what is provided for in this Section, any necessary particulars connected with the registration referred to in paragraph (1) are provided by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-1: 第七十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-75/par-1 - art-78/par-1: 第七十六条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76/par-1 - art-78/par-1: 第七十六条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第七十六条の二第一項 (Article 76-2, paragraph (1)), art-76-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-76-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-76-2/par-1 - art-78/par-1: 前条 → 著作権法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-77 - art-78/par-2: 第四項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-4 - art-78/par-3: 第七十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-75/par-1 - art-78/par-5: 前項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-4 - art-78/par-6: 前項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第五項 (Article 78, paragraph (5)), art-78/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-5 - art-78/par-7: 第一項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-9: 個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第六十条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-1 - art-78/par-10: 第一項 → 著作権法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七十八条第二項（登録手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-2 - 著作権法 第七十八条第五項（登録手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-5 - 著作権法 第七十八条第六項（登録手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-6 - 著作権法 第七十八条第七項（登録手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-7 - 著作権法 第七十八条第十項（登録手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-78/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-78/par-10 - 著作権法 第八十八条第二項（出版権の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-88/par-2 - 著作権法 第百四条第一項（著作隣接権の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-104/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第九条第二項（手数料の納付についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5021-48/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5021-48/art-9/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 - 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