# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第九条 (Article 9) - 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（保護を受ける放送） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9 - 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. --- ### 第九条（保護を受ける放送） — (Protected Broadcasts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9 **第一項** 放送は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するものに限り、この法律による保護を受ける。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1 Only a broadcast that falls under one of the following items is protected under this Act: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 日本国民である放送事業者の放送 art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-1 the broadcast of a broadcaster that is a Japanese national; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 国内にある放送設備から行なわれる放送 art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-2 a broadcast made from a broadcasting facility in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、次のいずれかに掲げる放送 art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-3 any of the following broadcasts, other than one also set forth in the preceding two items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 実演家等保護条約の締約国の国民である放送事業者の放送 art-9/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-3/sub-1 the broadcast of a broadcaster that is the national of a contracting state of the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 実演家等保護条約の締約国にある放送設備から行われる放送 art-9/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-3/sub-2 a broadcast made from a broadcasting facility in a contracting state of the Convention for the Protection of Performers, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、次のいずれかに掲げる放送 art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-4 any of the following broadcasts, other than one also set forth in the preceding three items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 世界貿易機関の加盟国の国民である放送事業者の放送 art-9/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-4/sub-1 the broadcast of a broadcaster that is the national of a World Trade Organization member state; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 世界貿易機関の加盟国にある放送設備から行われる放送 art-9/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-4/sub-2 a broadcast made from a broadcasting facility in a World Trade Organization member state. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第九条第一項第一号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-9/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-1 - art-9/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 著作権法 第九条第一項第二号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-9/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-2 - art-9/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 著作権法 第九条第一項第一号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-9/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-1 - art-9/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 著作権法 第九条第一項第二号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-9/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-2 - art-9/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 著作権法 第九条第一項第三号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-9/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第七条第一項第三号（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 第七条第一項第五号ハ（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-5/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-5/sub-3 - 著作権法 第七条第一項第七号ハ（保護を受ける実演） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-7/par-1/item-7/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-7/par-1/item-7/sub-3 - 著作権法 第九条第一項第三号（保護を受ける放送） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-3 - 著作権法 第九条第一項第四号（保護を受ける放送） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-9/par-1/item-4 - 著作権法 附則第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4011-43/par-2/item-3 - 著作権法 附則第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4061-112/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4061-112/par-5 --- ## 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