# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第八章 (Chapter 8)

- 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: 第八章 (Chapter 8) — address `ch-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/ch-8
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## 第八章　権利侵害 — Chapter VIII Infringement
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/ch-8</sup>

### 第百十二条（差止請求権） — (Right to Demand an Injunction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112</sup>

**第一項**  著作者、著作権者、出版権者、実演家又は著作隣接権者は、その著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権を侵害する者又は侵害するおそれがある者に対し、その侵害の停止又は予防を請求することができる。
<sup>art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112/par-1</sup>
The author, copyright owner, owner of print rights, performer, or owner of neighboring rights, may file a claim against a person who is infringing or who is likely to infringe the moral rights of the author, the copyright, the print rights, the moral rights of the performer, or the neighboring rights, for the cessation or prevention of such infringement.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  著作者、著作権者、出版権者、実演家又は著作隣接権者は、前項の規定による請求をするに際し、侵害の行為を組成した物、侵害の行為によつて作成された物又は専ら侵害の行為に供された機械若しくは器具の廃棄その他の侵害の停止又は予防に必要な措置を請求することができる。
<sup>art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112/par-2</sup>
When filing the demand under the preceding paragraph, the author, copyright owner, owner of print rights, performer, or owner of neighboring rights may demand the destruction of objects that give rise to an act of infringement, objects made through an act of infringement, or machines or tools used solely for an act of infringement, or demand that any other measures necessary to effect the cessation or prevention of infringement be taken.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十三条（侵害とみなす行為） — (Acts Deemed to Constitute Infringement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる行為は、当該著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-1</sup>
The following acts are deemed to constitute infringement of the moral rights of the author, the copyright, the print rights, the moral rights of the performer, or the neighboring rights:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  国内において頒布する目的をもつて、輸入の時において国内で作成したとしたならば著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害となるべき行為によつて作成された物を輸入する行為
  <sup>art-113/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the importation, for the purpose of distribution in Japan, of an object that is made through an act that, were the object to be made in Japan at the time of its import, would constitute infringement of the moral rights of the author, the copyright, the print rights, the moral rights of the performer, or the neighboring rights;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為によつて作成された物（前号の輸入に係る物を含む。）を、情を知つて、頒布し、頒布の目的をもつて所持し、若しくは頒布する旨の申出をし、又は業として輸出し、若しくは業としての輸出の目的をもつて所持する行為
  <sup>art-113/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the distribution, possession for the purpose of distribution, offering for distribution, exportation in the course of trade, or possession for the purpose of exportation in the course of trade, of an object made through an act that infringes the moral rights of the author, the copyright, the print rights, or the neighboring rights (including an object imported as referred to in the preceding item), with knowledge of such infringement.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  送信元識別符号又は送信元識別符号以外の符号その他の情報であつてその提供が送信元識別符号の提供と同一若しくは類似の効果を有するもの（以下この項及び次項において「送信元識別符号等」という。）の提供により侵害著作物等（著作権（第二十八条に規定する権利（翻訳以外の方法により創作された二次的著作物に係るものに限る。）を除く。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害して送信可能化が行われた著作物等をいい、国外で行われる送信可能化であつて国内で行われたとしたならばこれらの権利の侵害となるべきものが行われた著作物等を含む。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）の他人による利用を容易にする行為（同項において「侵害著作物等利用容易化」という。）であつて、第一号に掲げるウェブサイト等（同項及び第百十九条第二項第四号において「侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等」という。）において又は第二号に掲げるプログラム（次項及び同条第二項第五号において「侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラム」という。）を用いて行うものは、当該行為に係る著作物等が侵害著作物等であることを知つていた場合又は知ることができたと認めるに足りる相当の理由がある場合には、当該侵害著作物等に係る著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2</sup>
The facilitation of the exploitation of an infringing work (meaning a work that has been made available for transmission by infringing a copyright (excluding the rights provided in Article 28 (limited to those for a derivative work created by a method other than translation); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph), a print right, or neighboring rights; and including a work that has been made available for transmission abroad where such action would constitute infringement of any of these rights if it were undertaken in Japan; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) by others through the provision of a transmitter identification code, or of any code other than a transmitter identification code or any other information the provision of which has an effect that is identical or similar to the provision of a transmitter identification code (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph referred to as "transmitter identification code, etc.") (this act is referred to as "facilitation of the exploitation of an infringing work" in the following paragraph), which is carried out on a website, etc. set forth in item (i) (referred to as a "website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work" in the following paragraph and Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iv)) or with the use of a computer program set forth in item (ii) (referred to as a "computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work" in the following paragraph and paragraph (2), item (v) of the same Article), is deemed to constitute infringement of the copyright, print right or neighboring rights for the infringing work, if the person carrying out the relevant act knew, or there are reasonable grounds to find that the person could have known, that the work involved in the act was an infringing work:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  次に掲げるウェブサイト等
  <sup>art-113/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2/item-1</sup>
  the following websites, etc.:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  当該ウェブサイト等において、侵害著作物等に係る送信元識別符号等（以下この条及び第百十九条第二項において「侵害送信元識別符号等」という。）の利用を促す文言が表示されていること、侵害送信元識別符号等が強調されていることその他の当該ウェブサイト等における侵害送信元識別符号等の提供の態様に照らし、公衆を侵害著作物等に殊更に誘導するものであると認められるウェブサイト等
    <sup>art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-1</sup>
    a website, etc. that is found to be deliberately leading the public to an infringing work on the website, etc., in light of the circumstances under which words that encourage the use of the transmitter identification code, etc. regarding the infringing work (hereinafter in this Article and Article 119, paragraph (2) referred to as an "infringing transmitter identification code, etc.") are indicated or the infringing transmitter identification code, etc. is emphasized, and any other circumstances under which the infringing transmitter identification code, etc. is provided on the website, etc.;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  イに掲げるもののほか、当該ウェブサイト等において提供されている侵害送信元識別符号等の数、当該数が当該ウェブサイト等において提供されている送信元識別符号等の総数に占める割合、当該侵害送信元識別符号等の利用に資する分類又は整理の状況その他の当該ウェブサイト等における侵害送信元識別符号等の提供の状況に照らし、主として公衆による侵害著作物等の利用のために用いられるものであると認められるウェブサイト等
    <sup>art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-2</sup>
    a website, other than one set forth in (a), that is found to be used mainly for the exploitation of an infringing work by the public, in light of the number of infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. provided on the website, the ratio of that number to the total number of transmitter identification codes, etc. provided on the website, the status of classification or compilation conducive to the use of the infringing transmitter identification codes, etc., and any other status of provision of infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. on the website;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  次に掲げるプログラム
  <sup>art-113/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2/item-2</sup>
  the following computer programs:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  当該プログラムによる送信元識別符号等の提供に際し、侵害送信元識別符号等の利用を促す文言が表示されていること、侵害送信元識別符号等が強調されていることその他の当該プログラムによる侵害送信元識別符号等の提供の態様に照らし、公衆を侵害著作物等に殊更に誘導するものであると認められるプログラム
    <sup>art-113/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    a computer program that is found to be deliberately leading the public to an infringing work when providing a transmitter identification code, etc. by means of the computer program, in light of the circumstances under which words that encourage the use of the transmitter identification code regarding the infringing work are indicated or the infringing transmitter identification code, etc. is emphasized, and any other circumstances under which the infringing transmitter identification code, etc. is provided by means of the computer program;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  イに掲げるもののほか、当該プログラムにより提供されている侵害送信元識別符号等の数、当該数が当該プログラムにより提供されている送信元識別符号等の総数に占める割合、当該侵害送信元識別符号等の利用に資する分類又は整理の状況その他の当該プログラムによる侵害送信元識別符号等の提供の状況に照らし、主として公衆による侵害著作物等の利用のために用いられるものであると認められるプログラム
    <sup>art-113/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-2/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    a computer program, other than one set forth in (a), that is found to be used mainly for the exploitation of an infringing work by the public, in light of the number of infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. provided by means of the computer program, the ratio of that number to the total number of transmitter identification codes, etc. provided by means of the computer program, the status of classification or compilation conducive to the use of the infringing transmitter identification codes, etc., and any other status of provision of infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. by means of the computer program.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等の公衆への提示を行つている者（当該侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等と侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等以外の相当数のウェブサイト等とを包括しているウェブサイト等において、単に当該公衆への提示の機会を提供しているに過ぎない者（著作権者等からの当該侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等において提供されている侵害送信元識別符号等の削除に関する請求に正当な理由なく応じない状態が相当期間にわたり継続していることその他の著作権者等の利益を不当に害すると認められる特別な事情がある場合を除く。）を除く。）又は侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムの公衆への提供等を行つている者（当該公衆への提供等のために用いられているウェブサイト等とそれ以外の相当数のウェブサイト等とを包括しているウェブサイト等又は当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラム及び侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラム以外の相当数のプログラムの公衆への提供等のために用いられているウェブサイト等において、単に当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムの公衆への提供等の機会を提供しているに過ぎない者（著作権者等からの当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムにより提供されている侵害送信元識別符号等の削除に関する請求に正当な理由なく応じない状態が相当期間にわたり継続していることその他の著作権者等の利益を不当に害すると認められる特別な事情がある場合を除く。）を除く。）が、当該侵害著作物等利用容易化ウェブサイト等において又は当該侵害著作物等利用容易化プログラムを用いて他人による侵害著作物等利用容易化に係る送信元識別符号等の提供が行われている場合であつて、かつ、当該送信元識別符号等に係る著作物等が侵害著作物等であることを知つている場合又は知ることができたと認めるに足りる相当の理由がある場合において、当該侵害著作物等利用容易化を防止する措置を講ずることが技術的に可能であるにもかかわらず当該措置を講じない行為は、当該侵害著作物等に係る著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-3</sup>
If a person presenting a website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work to the public (excluding a person merely providing the opportunity to present it to the public on a website, etc. that includes the website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work and a considerable number of other websites, etc. (excluding cases where that person has, continuously for a considerable period of time and without reasonable grounds, failed to comply with a request from the copyright owner, etc. for the deletion of the infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. provided on the website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work or there are other special circumstances under which the person's action is found to unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner)) or a person making available or presenting a computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work to the public (excluding a person merely providing the opportunity to make available or present the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work to the public on a website, etc. that includes the website, etc. used for making available or presenting the computer program to the public and a considerable number of other websites, etc. or on a website, etc. used for making available or presenting to the public the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work and a considerable number of computer programs (excluding cases where that person has, continuously for a considerable period of time and without reasonable grounds, failed to comply with a request from the copyright owner, etc. for the deletion of the infringing transmitter identification codes, etc. provided by means of the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work or there are other special circumstances under which the person's action is found to unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner)) fails to take measures to prevent the facilitation of the exploitation of the infringing work although it is technically possible to take these measures, in cases where transmitter identification codes, etc. for the facilitation of the exploitation of the infringing work by others are provided on the website, etc. facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work or with the use of the computer program facilitating the exploitation of an infringing work, and the person knew, or there are reasonable grounds to find that the person could have known, that the work involved in the transmitter identification codes, etc. was an infringing work, the person's failure to take those measures is deemed to constitute infringement of the copyright, print right or neighboring rights for the infringing work
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  前二項に規定するウェブサイト等とは、送信元識別符号のうちインターネットにおいて個々の電子計算機を識別するために用いられる部分が共通するウェブページ（インターネットを利用した情報の閲覧の用に供される電磁的記録で文部科学省令で定めるものをいう。以下この項において同じ。）の集合物（当該集合物の一部を構成する複数のウェブページであつて、ウェブページ相互の関係その他の事情に照らし公衆への提示が一体的に行われていると認められるものとして政令で定める要件に該当するものを含む。）をいう。
<sup>art-113/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-4</sup>
The website, etc. provided for in the preceding two paragraphs means a collection of webpages (meaning electronic or magnetic records provided for inspection of information using the internet, which are specified by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) that have a common part in the transmitter identification code to be used to identify each computer on the internet (including multiple webpages that constitute part of the collection, which satisfy the requirements specified by Cabinet Order as those that are found to be presented to the public in an integrated manner in light of circumstances such as the relationships between the webpages).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  プログラムの著作物の著作権を侵害する行為によつて作成された複製物（当該複製物の所有者によつて第四十七条の三第一項の規定により作成された複製物並びに第一項第一号の輸入に係るプログラムの著作物の複製物及び当該複製物の所有者によつて同条第一項の規定により作成された複製物を含む。）を業務上電子計算機において使用する行為は、これらの複製物を使用する権原を取得した時に情を知つていた場合に限り、当該著作権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-5</sup>
The use of a copy made through an act that infringes the copyright to a work of computer programming (including copies made by the owner of such copies pursuant to the provisions of Article 47-3, paragraph (1) as well as copies of a work of computer programming imported as referred to paragraph (1), item (i) and copies made by the owner of such imported copies pursuant to the provisions of Article 47-3, paragraph (1)) on a computer in the course of business is deemed to constitute an infringement of the copyright, but only if the person using such copy had knowledge of such infringement at the time that the person acquired the title to use the copy.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The use of a copy made through an act that infringes the copyright to a work of computer programming (including copies made by the owner of such copies pursuant to the provisions of Article 47-3, paragraph (1) as well as copies of a work of computer programming imported as referred to paragraph (1), item (i) and copies made by the owner of such imported copies pursuant to the provisions of Article 47-2, paragraph (1)) on a computer in the course of business is deemed to constitute an infringement of the copyright, but only if the person using such copy had knowledge of such infringement at the time that the person acquired the title to use the copy." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb</sup>

**第六項**  技術的利用制限手段の回避（技術的利用制限手段により制限されている著作物等の視聴を当該技術的利用制限手段の効果を妨げることにより可能とすること（著作権者等の意思に基づいて行われる場合を除く。）をいう。次項並びに第百二十条の二第一号及び第二号において同じ。）を行う行為は、技術的利用制限手段に係る研究又は技術の開発の目的上正当な範囲内で行われる場合その他著作権者等の利益を不当に害しない場合を除き、当該技術的利用制限手段に係る著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-6</sup>
The circumvention of technological exploitation restriction measures (meaning making it possible to view or listen to a work that technological exploitation restriction measures have been used to restrict from being view or listened to, by hindering the effect of those technological exploitation restriction measures (unless this is done based on the intent of the copyright owner, etc.); the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 120-2, items (i) and (ii)) is deemed to constitute infringement of the copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights connected to those technological exploitation restriction measures unless this is done within a scope that is justified for the purpose of research or technological development in connection with technological exploitation restriction measures, or otherwise does not harm the interests of the copyright owner, etc.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第七項**  技術的保護手段の回避又は技術的利用制限手段の回避を行うことをその機能とする指令符号（電子計算機に対する指令であつて、当該指令のみによつて一の結果を得ることができるものをいう。）を公衆に譲渡し、若しくは貸与し、公衆への譲渡若しくは貸与の目的をもつて製造し、輸入し、若しくは所持し、若しくは公衆の使用に供し、又は公衆送信し、若しくは送信可能化する行為は、当該技術的保護手段に係る著作権等又は当該技術的利用制限手段に係る著作権、出版権若しくは著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-7</sup>
An act of transferring or renting to the public a command code (meaning a command to a computer by which alone a single result can be obtained) with a function that circumvents technological protection measures or technological exploitation restriction measures, manufacturing, importing, or possessing such a command code for the purpose of transferring or renting it to the public, offering such a command code for public use, transmitting such a command code to the public or making it available for transmission is deemed to constitute infringement of the copyright, etc. relevant to the technological protection measures or the copyright, print right or neighboring rights relevant to the technological exploitation restriction measures.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第八項**  次に掲げる行為は、当該権利管理情報に係る著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-8</sup>
The following acts are deemed to constitute infringement of the moral rights of the author, the copyright, the print right, the moral rights of the performer, or the neighboring rights to which the relevant rights management information pertains:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  権利管理情報として虚偽の情報を故意に付加する行為
  <sup>art-113/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-8/item-1</sup>
  the act of intentionally adding false information as rights management information;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  権利管理情報を故意に除去し、又は改変する行為（記録又は送信の方式の変換に伴う技術的な制約による場合その他の著作物又は実演等の利用の目的及び態様に照らしやむを得ないと認められる場合を除く。）
  <sup>art-113/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-8/item-2</sup>
  the act of intentionally removing or altering rights management information (excluding a case due to technological constraints accompanying the conversion of the method of recording or transmission, or any other case recognized as unavoidable in light of the purpose and manner of exploitation of the work or performance, etc.);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  前二号の行為が行われた著作物若しくは実演等の複製物を、情を知つて、頒布し、若しくは頒布の目的をもつて輸入し、若しくは所持し、又は当該著作物若しくは実演等を情を知つて公衆送信し、若しくは送信可能化する行為
  <sup>art-113/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-8/item-3</sup>
  the act of, with knowledge of the circumstances, distributing a copy of a work or performance, etc. in relation to which the act referred to in the preceding two items has been committed, importing or possessing it for the purpose of distributing it, or, with knowledge of the circumstances, effecting public transmission of that work or performance, etc. or making it available for transmission.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第九項**  第九十四条の二、第九十五条の三第三項若しくは第九十七条の三第三項に規定する報酬又は第九十五条第一項若しくは第九十七条第一項に規定する二次使用料を受ける権利は、前項の規定の適用については、著作隣接権とみなす。この場合において、前条中「著作隣接権者」とあるのは「著作隣接権者（次条第九項の規定により著作隣接権とみなされる権利を有する者を含む。）」と、同条第一項中「著作隣接権を」とあるのは「著作隣接権（同項の規定により著作隣接権とみなされる権利を含む。）を」とする。
<sup>art-113/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-9</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the right to receive the remuneration provided for in Article 94-2; Article 95-3, paragraph (3); and Article 97-3, paragraph (3) and the right to receive the secondary use fees provided for in Article 95, paragraph (1) and Article 97, paragraph (1) are deemed to be neighboring rights. In this case, in the preceding Article, the phrase "owner of neighboring rights" is deemed to be replaced with "owner of neighboring rights (including the owner of rights deemed to be neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of the following Article)", and in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "neighboring rights" is deemed to be replaced with "neighboring rights (including the rights deemed to be neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of the following Article)".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the right to receive the remuneration provided for in Article 94-2; Article 95-3, paragraph (3); and Article 97-3, paragraph (3) and the right to receive the secondary use fees provided for in Article 95, paragraph (1) and Article 97, paragraph (1) are deemed to be neighboring rights. In this case, in the preceding Article, the phrase "owner of neighboring rights" is deemed to be replaced with "owner of neighboring rights (including the owner of rights deemed to be neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of the following Article)", and in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "neighboring rights" is deemed to be replaced with "neighboring rights (including the rights deemed to be neighboring rights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the following Article)"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb</sup>

**第十項**  国内において頒布することを目的とする商業用レコード（以下この項において「国内頒布目的商業用レコード」という。）を自ら発行し、又は他の者に発行させている著作権者又は著作隣接権者が、当該国内頒布目的商業用レコードと同一の商業用レコードであつて、専ら国外において頒布することを目的とするもの（以下この項において「国外頒布目的商業用レコード」という。）を国外において自ら発行し、又は他の者に発行させている場合において、情を知つて、当該国外頒布目的商業用レコードを国内において頒布する目的をもつて輸入する行為又は当該国外頒布目的商業用レコードを国内において頒布し、若しくは国内において頒布する目的をもつて所持する行為は、当該国外頒布目的商業用レコードが国内で頒布されることにより当該国内頒布目的商業用レコードの発行により当該著作権者又は著作隣接権者の得ることが見込まれる利益が不当に害されることとなる場合に限り、それらの著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害する行為とみなす。ただし、国内において最初に発行された日から起算して七年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める期間を経過した国内頒布目的商業用レコードと同一の国外頒布目的商業用レコードを輸入する行為又は当該国外頒布目的商業用レコードを国内において頒布し、若しくは国内において頒布する目的をもつて所持する行為については、この限りでない。
<sup>art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-10</sup>
If the owner of a copyright or neighboring rights that personally publishes or allows another person to publish a commercial phonogram intended for distribution in Japan (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "commercial phonogram for domestic distribution") personally publishes or allows another person to publish abroad a commercial phonogram that is the same as the commercial phonogram for domestic distribution but that is intended exclusively for distribution abroad (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "commercial phonogram for foreign distribution"), the knowing importation of the commercial phonogram for foreign distribution for the purpose of distribution in Japan; the knowing distribution in Japan of the commercial phonogram for foreign distribution; or the knowing possession of the commercial phonogram for foreign distribution for the purpose of distribution in Japan, is only deemed to constitute an act that infringes the copyright or neighboring rights of the copyright owner or the owner of neighboring rights if the profits that these persons would foreseeably obtain through the publication of the commercial phonogram for domestic distribution are unreasonably adversely affected by the distribution in Japan of the commercial phonogram for foreign distribution; provided, however, that this does not apply with regard to the importation, distribution in Japan, or possession for the purpose of distribution in Japan, of a commercial phonogram for foreign distribution that is the same as a commercial phonogram for domestic distribution which has passed beyond the Cabinet-Order-specified period of not more than seven years counting from the day on which that phonogram is first published in Japan.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第十一項**  著作者の名誉又は声望を害する方法によりその著作物を利用する行為は、その著作者人格権を侵害する行為とみなす。
<sup>art-113/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-11</sup>
The exploitation of a work in a way that is prejudicial to the honor or reputation of the author is deemed to constitute an infringement of the author's moral rights.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十三条の二（善意者に係る譲渡権の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Right of Transfer of a Bona Fide Third Party)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-113-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113-2</sup>

**第一項**  著作物の原作品若しくは複製物（映画の著作物の複製物（映画の著作物において複製されている著作物にあつては、当該映画の著作物の複製物を含む。）を除く。以下この条において同じ。）、実演の録音物若しくは録画物又はレコードの複製物の譲渡を受けた時において、当該著作物の原作品若しくは複製物、実演の録音物若しくは録画物又はレコードの複製物がそれぞれ第二十六条の二第二項各号、第九十五条の二第三項各号又は第九十七条の二第二項各号のいずれにも該当しないものであることを知らず、かつ、知らないことにつき過失がない者が当該著作物の原作品若しくは複製物、実演の録音物若しくは録画物又はレコードの複製物を公衆に譲渡する行為は、第二十六条の二第一項、第九十五条の二第一項又は第九十七条の二第一項に規定する権利を侵害する行為でないものとみなす。
<sup>art-113-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113-2/par-1</sup>
If, at the time a person is transferred the original or a copy of a work (excluding a copy of a cinematographic work (if the work is one that has been reproduced in a cinematographic work, this includes copies of the cinematographic work); the same applies hereinafter in this Article), a sound or visual recording of a performance, or a copy of a phonogram, the person does not know that the original or copy of the work, sound or visual recording of the performance, or copy of the phonogram does not fall under any of the items of Article 26-2, paragraph (2); Article 95-2, paragraph (3); or Article 97-2, paragraph (2), respectively, and is not negligent in having failed to learn this, such person's transfer of the original or copy of the work, the sound or visual recording of the performance, or the copy of the phonogram to the public is deemed not to constitute an infringement of the rights set forth in Article 26-2, paragraph (1); Article 95-2, paragraph (1); or Article 97-2, paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条（損害の額の推定等） — (Presumption of the Amount of Damage)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114</sup>

**第一項**  著作権者等が故意又は過失により自己の著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者（以下この項において「侵害者」という。）に対しその侵害により自己が受けた損害の賠償を請求する場合において、侵害者がその侵害の行為によつて作成された物（第一号において「侵害作成物」という。）を譲渡し、又はその侵害の行為を組成する公衆送信（自動公衆送信の場合にあつては、送信可能化を含む。同号において「侵害組成公衆送信」という。）を行つたときは、次の各号に掲げる額の合計額を、著作権者等が受けた損害の額とすることができる。
<sup>art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1</sup>
If a copyright owner, etc. claims compensation for damage incurred due to infringement, against a person that has, intentionally or due to negligence, infringed the owner's copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights (referred to as an "infringer" in this paragraph), and the infringer has transferred an object made by the act of infringement (referred to as an "object made by infringement" in item (i)) or has made a public transmission that constitutes the act of infringement (including, in the case of automatic public transmission, making available for transmission; referred to as an "infringing transmission to the public" in that item), the total of the amounts set out in the following items may be treated as the amount of damage incurred by the copyright owner, etc.:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  譲渡等数量（侵害者が譲渡した侵害作成物及び侵害者が行つた侵害組成公衆送信を公衆が受信して作成した著作物又は実演等の複製物（以下この号において「侵害受信複製物」という。）の数量をいう。次号において同じ。）のうち販売等相応数量（当該著作権者等が当該侵害作成物又は当該侵害受信複製物を販売するとした場合にその販売のために必要な行為を行う能力に応じた数量をいう。同号において同じ。）を超えない部分（その全部又は一部に相当する数量を当該著作権者等が販売することができないとする事情があるときは、当該事情に相当する数量（同号において「特定数量」という。）を控除した数量）に、著作権者等がその侵害の行為がなければ販売することができた物の単位数量当たりの利益の額を乗じて得た額
  <sup>art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the amount obtained by multiplying the portion of the number transferred, etc. (meaning the number of objects made by infringement transferred by the infringer and of copies of works or performances, etc. made by the public receiving infringing transmissions to the public made by the infringer (referred to as "received copies of an infringing transmission" in this item); the same applies in the following item) that does not exceed the number commensurate with sales capacity (meaning the number commensurate with the capacity of the copyright owner, etc. to perform the acts necessary for selling the object made by infringement or the received copy of an infringing transmission if the owner were to sell them; the same applies in that item) (or, if there are circumstances under which the copyright owner, etc. is unable to sell a number equivalent to all or part of that portion, the number remaining after deducting the number equivalent to those circumstances (referred to as the "specified quantity" in that item)) by the amount of profit per unit quantity of the goods that the copyright owner, etc. could have sold had it not been for the act of infringement;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  譲渡等数量のうち販売等相応数量を超える数量又は特定数量がある場合（著作権者等が、その著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使をし得たと認められない場合を除く。）におけるこれらの数量に応じた当該著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使につき受けるべき金銭の額に相当する額
  <sup>art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-2</sup>
  if, within the number transferred, etc., there is a number exceeding the number commensurate with sales capacity or a specified quantity (excluding where it is found that the copyright owner, etc. could not have exercised the copyright, print right or neighboring right), an amount equivalent to the amount of money that the owner should have received in connection with the exercise of the copyright, print right or neighboring right in accordance with those numbers.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  著作権者、出版権者又は著作隣接権者が故意又は過失によりその著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に対しその侵害により自己が受けた損害の賠償を請求する場合において、その者がその侵害の行為により利益を受けているときは、その利益の額は、当該著作権者、出版権者又は著作隣接権者が受けた損害の額と推定する。
<sup>art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-2</sup>
If a copyright owner, the owner of print rights, or the owner of neighboring rights claims compensation for damage incurred due to infringement, against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, infringes the owner's copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights, and the infringer has made a profit from the act of infringement, the amount of that profit is presumed to be the amount of damage that the copyright owner, the owner of print rights, or the owner of neighboring rights has incurred.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  著作権者、出版権者又は著作隣接権者は、故意又は過失によりその著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に対し、その著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使につき受けるべき金銭の額に相当する額を自己が受けた損害の額として、その賠償を請求することができる。
<sup>art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3</sup>
The copyright owner, the owner of print rights, or owner of neighboring rights may fix the amount of damages incurred as being equivalent to the amount of money that the owner should have received in connection with the exercise of the copyright, print right or neighboring right, and may claim compensation therefor against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, infringes the owner's copyright, print rights or neighboring rights.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  著作権者又は著作隣接権者は、前項の規定によりその著作権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に対し損害の賠償を請求する場合において、その著作権又は著作隣接権が著作権等管理事業法第二条第一項に規定する管理委託契約に基づき著作権等管理事業者が管理するものであるときは、当該著作権等管理事業者が定める同法第十三条第一項に規定する使用料規程のうちその侵害の行為に係る著作物等の利用の態様について適用されるべき規定により算出したその著作権又は著作隣接権に係る著作物等の使用料の額（当該額の算出方法が複数あるときは、当該複数の算出方法によりそれぞれ算出した額のうち最も高い額）をもつて、前項に規定する金銭の額とすることができる。
<sup>art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-4</sup>
If the copyright owner or owner of neighboring rights claims compensation for damage pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph against a person that has infringed the owner's copyright or neighboring rights and the copyright or neighboring rights are managed by a copyright management service under a management entrustment agreement provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Copyright, etc. Management Service, the copyright owner or owner of neighboring rights may fix the amount provided for in the preceding paragraph using the amount of royalties for the work associated with the copyright or neighboring rights, calculated based on those of the provisions of the royalty rules established by the copyright management service that are provided for in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act which are applicable to the circumstances of the exploitation of the work associated with the act of infringement (if there are several methods for calculating that amount, this means the largest of the amounts calculated based on those methods).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  裁判所は、第一項第二号及び第三項に規定する著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の行使につき受けるべき金銭の額に相当する額を認定するに当たつては、著作権者等が、自己の著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の侵害があつたことを前提として当該著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者との間でこれらの権利の行使の対価について合意をするとしたならば、当該著作権者等が得ることとなるその対価を考慮することができる。
<sup>art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-5</sup>
In finding the amount equivalent to the amount of money that should have been received in connection with the exercise of the copyright, print right or neighboring right provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3), the court may take into consideration the consideration that the copyright owner, etc. would obtain if, on the premise that there had been an infringement of the owner's own copyright, print right or neighboring right, the copyright owner, etc. were to reach an agreement with the person that infringed that copyright, print right or neighboring right on the consideration for the exercise of those rights.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  第三項の規定は、同項に規定する金額を超える損害の賠償の請求を妨げない。この場合において、著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権を侵害した者に故意又は重大な過失がなかつたときは、裁判所は、損害の賠償の額を定めるについて、これを参酌することができる。
<sup>art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-6</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (3) do not preclude any claim to compensation for damage in excess of the amount referred to therein. In such a case, the court may consider the absence of intent or gross negligence by the person that infringed the copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights, in fixing the amount of compensation for the damage.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の二（具体的態様の明示義務） — (Duty to Clarify Specific Circumstances)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-2</sup>

**第一項**  著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟において、著作者、著作権者、出版権者、実演家又は著作隣接権者が侵害の行為を組成したもの又は侵害の行為によつて作成されたものとして主張する物の具体的態様を否認するときは、相手方は、自己の行為の具体的態様を明らかにしなければならない。ただし、相手方において明らかにすることができない相当の理由があるときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-114-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-2/par-1</sup>
In litigation involving infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, print rights, the moral rights of a performer, or neighboring rights, if the adverse party denies the specific circumstances of the thing that is being asserted, by the author, copyright owner, owner of print rights, performer, or owner of neighboring rights, to constitute an act of infringement or to have been made through an act of infringement, the adverse party must clarify the specific circumstances of the adverse party's own actions; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are reasonable grounds for the adverse party not being able to clarify these.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の三（書類の提出等） — (Submission of Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3</sup>

**第一項**  裁判所は、著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟においては、当事者の申立てにより、当事者に対し、当該侵害の行為について立証するため、又は当該侵害の行為による損害の計算をするため必要な書類又は電磁的記録の提出を命ずることができる。ただし、その書類の所持者又はその電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者においてその提出を拒むことについて正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1</sup>
In litigation involving infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, print rights, the moral rights of performers, or neighboring rights, the court, at the petition of a party, may order a party to submit documents or electronic or magnetic records that are needed to prove the relevant act of infringement or to calculate the damage caused by the relevant act of infringement; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person in possession of such documents or the person with the authority to use such electronic or magnetic records has just cause for refusing to submit them.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  裁判所は、前項本文の申立てに係る書類若しくは電磁的記録が同項本文の書類若しくは電磁的記録に該当するかどうか又は同項ただし書に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかの判断をするため必要があると認めるときは、書類の所持者又は電磁的記録を利用する権限を有する者にその提示をさせることができる。この場合においては、何人も、その提示された書類又は電磁的記録の開示を求めることができない。
<sup>art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2</sup>
If the court finds it necessary for determining whether or not the documents or electronic or magnetic records subject to the motion under the main clause of the preceding paragraph fall within the scope of documents or electronic or magnetic records referred to in the main clause of the same paragraph or whether or not there are reasonable grounds as provided in the proviso of the same paragraph, the court may have the holder of the documents or a person with the authority to use the electronic or magnetic records present those documents or electronic or magnetic records to the court. In this case, no person may request the disclosure of the presented documents or electronic or magnetic records.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  裁判所は、前項の場合において、第一項本文の申立てに係る書類若しくは電磁的記録が同項本文の書類若しくは電磁的記録に該当するかどうか又は同項ただし書に規定する正当な理由があるかどうかについて前項後段の書類又は電磁的記録を開示してその意見を聴くことが必要であると認めるときは、当事者等（当事者（法人である場合にあつては、その代表者）又は当事者の代理人（訴訟代理人及び補佐人を除く。）、使用人その他の従業者をいう。第百十四条の六第一項において同じ。）、訴訟代理人又は補佐人に対し、当該書類又は当該電磁的記録を開示することができる。
<sup>art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-3</sup>
In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds that it is necessary to disclose a document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the second sentence of the preceding paragraph and hear opinions with regard to whether the document or electronic or magnetic record submitted upon filing the petition referred to in the main clause of paragraph (1) constitutes the document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the main clause of the same paragraph or whether the just cause provided for in the proviso to the same paragraph is present, the court may disclose that document or electronic or magnetic record to the parties, etc. (meaning the parties (or if a party is a corporation, its representative), or the parties' agents (other than litigation representatives and assistants in court), employees, or any other worker; the same applies in Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), their litigation representatives, or their assistants in court.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  裁判所は、第二項の場合において、同項後段の書類又は電磁的記録を開示して専門的な知見に基づく説明を聴くことが必要であると認めるときは、当事者の同意を得て、民事訴訟法第一編第五章第二節第一款に規定する専門委員に対し、当該書類又は当該電磁的記録を開示することができる。
<sup>art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-4</sup>
In a case referred to in paragraph (2), if the court finds that it is necessary to disclose a document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the second sentence of the same paragraph and hear an explanation based on expert knowledge, the court may disclose the document or electronic or magnetic record to a technical adviser as provided in Part I, Chapter V, Section 2, Subsection 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, with the consent of the parties.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  前各項の規定は、著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟における当該侵害の行為について立証するため必要な検証の目的の提示について準用する。
<sup>art-114-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-5</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the presentation of the object of any inspection that is necessary for proving the relevant act of infringement in litigation involving infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, print rights, the moral rights of a performer, or neighboring rights.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の四（鑑定人に対する当事者の説明義務） — (Duty of the Parties to Explain to an Appraiser)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-4</sup>

**第一項**  著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟において、当事者の申立てにより、裁判所が当該侵害の行為による損害の計算をするため必要な事項について鑑定を命じたときは、当事者は、鑑定人に対し、当該鑑定をするため必要な事項について説明しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-4/par-1</sup>
In litigation involving infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights, if, at the petition of a party, the court orders an appraisal of particulars that are necessary for calculating the damage caused by the relevant act of infringement, the parties must explain the particulars necessary for such appraisal to be made to the appraiser.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の五（相当な損害額の認定） — (Approval of a Reasonable Amount of Damage)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-5</sup>

**第一項**  著作権、出版権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟において、損害が生じたことが認められる場合において、損害額を立証するために必要な事実を立証することが当該事実の性質上極めて困難であるときは、裁判所は、口頭弁論の全趣旨及び証拠調べの結果に基づき、相当な損害額を認定することができる。
<sup>art-114-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-5/par-1</sup>
When damage is found to have been incurred in litigation involving infringement of a copyright, print rights, or neighboring rights, if, due to the nature of the relevant facts, it is extremely difficult to prove the facts that are necessary for proving the amount of damage, the court may approve a reasonable amount of damage based on the overall gist of oral proceedings and the results of the examination of evidence.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の六（秘密保持命令） — (Confidentiality Protective Orders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6</sup>

**第一項**  裁判所は、著作者人格権、著作権、出版権、実演家人格権又は著作隣接権の侵害に係る訴訟において、その当事者が保有する営業秘密（不正競争防止法（平成五年法律第四十七号）第二条第六項に規定する営業秘密をいう。以下同じ。）について、次に掲げる事由のいずれにも該当することにつき疎明があつた場合には、当事者の申立てにより、決定で、当事者等、訴訟代理人又は補佐人に対し、当該営業秘密を当該訴訟の追行の目的以外の目的で使用し、又は当該営業秘密に係るこの項の規定による命令を受けた者以外の者に開示してはならない旨を命ずることができる。ただし、その申立ての時までに当事者等、訴訟代理人又は補佐人が第一号に規定する準備書面の閲読又は同号に規定する証拠の取調べ若しくは開示以外の方法により当該営業秘密を取得し、又は保有していた場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1</sup>
In litigation involving infringement of the moral rights of an author, a copyright, print rights, the moral rights of a performer, or neighboring rights, if a prima facie showing of circumstances that fall under both of following is made with regard to a trade secret kept by a party (meaning a trade secret as provided in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No. 47 of 1993); the same applies hereinafter), the court, at the petition of the party, may issue a ruling ordering a party, etc., litigation representative, or assistant in court not to use the trade secret for purposes other than those of pursuing the relevant litigation, or not to disclose the trade secret to persons other than those that are subject to an order under the provisions of this paragraph that involves that trade secret; provided, however, that this does not apply if the party, etc., litigation representative, or assistant in court has acquired or gained possession of the relevant trade secret before the petition is filed, by means other than the perusal of the brief referred to in item (i) or the examination of evidence or disclosure referred to in that item:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  既に提出され若しくは提出されるべき準備書面に当事者の保有する営業秘密が記載され、又は既に取り調べられ若しくは取り調べられるべき証拠（第百十四条の三第三項の規定により開示された書類又は電磁的記録を含む。）の内容に当事者の保有する営業秘密が含まれること。
  <sup>art-114-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a trade secret kept by a party is detailed in a brief that has already been submitted or that must be submitted, or a trade secret is included in the content of evidence that has already been examined or that must be examined (including documents or electronic or magnetic records disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 114-3, paragraph (3));
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前号の営業秘密が当該訴訟の追行の目的以外の目的で使用され、又は当該営業秘密が開示されることにより、当該営業秘密に基づく当事者の事業活動に支障を生ずるおそれがあり、これを防止するため当該営業秘密の使用又は開示を制限する必要があること。
  <sup>art-114-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the use of the trade secret referred to in the preceding item for a purpose other than pursuing litigation or the disclosure of that trade secret would be likely to hinder the business activities of the party that are based on that trade secret, and it is necessary to restrict such use or disclosure in order to prevent such hindrance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による命令（以下「秘密保持命令」という。）の申立ては、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面でしなければならない。
<sup>art-114-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-2</sup>
A petition for an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "confidentiality protective order") must be filed in writing and detail the following particulars:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  秘密保持命令を受けるべき者
  <sup>art-114-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-2/item-1</sup>
  the person that would be subject to the confidentiality protective order;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  秘密保持命令の対象となるべき営業秘密を特定するに足りる事実
  <sup>art-114-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-2/item-2</sup>
  facts sufficient to identify the trade secret that would be made the subject of the confidentiality protective order;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前項各号に掲げる事由に該当する事実
  <sup>art-114-6/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-2/item-3</sup>
  facts falling under the category of circumstances set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  秘密保持命令が発せられた場合には、その電子決定書（民事訴訟法第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十二条第一項の規定により作成された電磁的記録（同法第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十三条第二項の規定により裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。）に備えられたファイルに記録されたものに限る。）をいう。次項及び次条第二項において同じ。）を秘密保持命令を受けた者に送達しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-3</sup>
If a confidentiality protective order has been issued, the electronic written ruling (meaning an electronic or magnetic record created pursuant to the provisions of Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of that Act (limited to one recorded, pursuant to the provisions of Article 253, paragraph (2) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of that Act, in a file kept on a computer (including input/output devices) used by the court); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (2) of the following Article) must be served on the person to whom the confidentiality protective order has been issued.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  秘密保持命令は、秘密保持命令を受けた者に対する電子決定書の送達がされた時から、効力を生ずる。
<sup>art-114-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-4</sup>
A confidentiality protective order takes effect when an electronic written ruling is served on the person to whom the confidentiality protective order has been issued.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  秘密保持命令の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
<sup>art-114-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-5</sup>
An immediate appeal against a ruling may be filed against a judicial decision denying a petition for a confidentiality protective order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の七（秘密保持命令の取消し） — (Cancelation of a Confidentiality Protective Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7</sup>

**第一項**  秘密保持命令の申立てをした者又は秘密保持命令を受けた者は、訴訟記録の存する裁判所（訴訟記録の存する裁判所がない場合にあつては、秘密保持命令を発した裁判所）に対し、前条第一項に規定する要件を欠くこと又はこれを欠くに至つたことを理由として、秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てをすることができる。
<sup>art-114-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-1</sup>
A person that petitions for a confidentiality protective order or a person that becomes subject to a confidentiality protective order may file a petition with the court that has cases record on file (if there is no such court, with the court that issued the order) to cancel the confidentiality protective order, on the grounds that any of the conditions referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are lacking or have come to be lacking.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てについての裁判があつた場合には、その電子決定書をその申立てをした者及び相手方に送達しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-2</sup>
Once the judicial decision is reached on a petition to cancel a confidentiality protective order, the electronic written ruling must be served on the person that has filed the petition and on the adverse party.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
<sup>art-114-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-3</sup>
An immediate appeal against a ruling may be filed against a judicial decision on a petition to cancel a confidentiality protective order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  秘密保持命令を取り消す裁判は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。
<sup>art-114-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-4</sup>
A judicial decision canceling a confidentiality protective order does not take effect until it becomes final and binding.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  裁判所は、秘密保持命令を取り消す裁判をした場合において、秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てをした者又は相手方以外に当該秘密保持命令が発せられた訴訟において当該営業秘密に係る秘密保持命令を受けている者があるときは、その者に対し、直ちに、秘密保持命令を取り消す裁判をした旨を通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-5</sup>
If the court reaches a judicial decision to cancel a confidentiality protective order, and any person other than the person that has filed the petition to cancel the confidentiality protective order or the adverse party is subject to a confidentiality protective order involving the relevant trade secret in the litigation in which such confidentiality protective order was issued, the court must immediately notify such person that it has reached a judicial decision to cancel the confidentiality protective order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十四条の八（訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等） — (Notice of a Request to Inspect Case Records; Related Matters)
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<sup>art-114-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8</sup>

**第一項**  秘密保持命令が発せられた訴訟（全ての秘密保持命令が取り消された訴訟を除く。）に係る訴訟記録につき、民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項の決定があつた場合において、当事者から同項に規定する秘密記載部分の閲覧等の請求があり、かつ、その請求の手続を行つた者が当該訴訟において秘密保持命令を受けていない者であるときは、裁判所書記官は、同項の申立てをした当事者（その請求をした者を除く。第三項において同じ。）に対し、その請求後直ちに、その請求があつた旨を通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1</sup>
In the event that the ruling provided for in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure is reached with regard to cases record in connection with litigation in which a confidentiality protective order has been issued (excluding litigation with regard to which all confidentiality protective orders have been cancelled), if a party to cases requests to inspect, etc. a portion of cases record in which a secret provided for in that paragraph is entered, and the person filing such request is not subject to the confidentiality protective order in the relevant litigation, the court clerk, immediately after such request is filed, must notify the party that filed the petition referred to in that paragraph (unless the person filing that petition is the person filing the request; the same applies in paragraph (3)) that the request has been filed.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の場合において、裁判所書記官は、同項の請求があつた日から二週間を経過する日までの間（その請求の手続を行つた者に対する秘密保持命令の申立てがその日までにされた場合にあつては、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまでの間）、その請求の手続を行つた者に同項の秘密記載部分の閲覧等をさせてはならない。
<sup>art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-2</sup>
In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court clerk must not allow the person filing the request to inspect, etc. a portion of cases record in which a secret as referred to in that paragraph is entered, until two weeks have passed since the day the court clerk receives the request (or if, during those two weeks, a petition for a confidentiality protective order is filed against the person filing the request, the court clerk must not allow the person filing the request to inspect, etc. such a portion of cases record until the judicial decision on the petition becomes final and binding).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前二項の規定は、第一項の請求をした者に同項の秘密記載部分の閲覧等をさせることについて民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項の申立てをした当事者のすべての同意があるときは、適用しない。
<sup>art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-3</sup>
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if all parties concerned that have filed a petition as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure agree to allow the person filing the request referred to in paragraph (1) to inspect, etc. the portions of cases record in which the secrets referred to in that paragraph are entered.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十五条（名誉回復等の措置） — (Measures to Restore the Author's or Performer's Honor)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-115</sup>

**第一項**  著作者又は実演家は、故意又は過失によりその著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害した者に対し、損害の賠償に代えて、又は損害の賠償とともに、著作者又は実演家であることを確保し、又は訂正その他著作者若しくは実演家の名誉若しくは声望を回復するために適当な措置を請求することができる。
<sup>art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-115/par-1</sup>
An author or performer may file a claim against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, has infringed that author's or performer's moral rights, demanding that that person take the appropriate measures to ensure that the author or performer is identified as the author or performer, to correct modifications to the work or performance, or to restore the author's or performer's honor or reputation, either in lieu of or in addition to claiming damages.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十六条（著作者又は実演家の死後における人格的利益の保護のための措置） — (Measures to Protect the Author's or Performer's Moral Interests Posthumously)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116</sup>

**第一項**  著作者又は実演家の死後においては、その遺族（死亡した著作者又は実演家の配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母又は兄弟姉妹をいう。以下この条において同じ。）は、当該著作者又は実演家について第六十条又は第百一条の三の規定に違反する行為をする者又はするおそれがある者に対し第百十二条の請求を、故意又は過失により著作者人格権又は実演家人格権を侵害する行為又は第六十条若しくは第百一条の三の規定に違反する行為をした者に対し前条の請求をすることができる。
<sup>art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1</sup>
After the death of an author or performer, a surviving family member (meaning a surviving spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling of the deceased author or performer; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may file the claim referred to in Article 112 against a person that violates or is likely to violate the provisions of Article 60 or Article 101-3 with respect to the relevant author or the performer, and may file the claim referred to in the preceding Article against a person that, intentionally or due to negligence, infringes the moral rights of the author or performer or violates the provisions of Article 60 or Article 101-3.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の請求をすることができる遺族の順位は、同項に規定する順序とする。ただし、著作者又は実演家が遺言によりその順位を別に定めた場合は、その順序とする。
<sup>art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-2</sup>
The order in which surviving family members are permitted to file the claim referred to in the preceding paragraph is the order in which they are listed in that paragraph; provided, however, that if the author or performer leaves a will stipulating a different order, the order given in the will applies.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  著作者又は実演家は、遺言により、遺族に代えて第一項の請求をすることができる者を指定することができる。この場合において、その指定を受けた者は、当該著作者又は実演家の死亡の日の属する年の翌年から起算して七十年を経過した後（その経過する時に遺族が存する場合にあつては、その存しなくなつた後）においては、その請求をすることができない。
<sup>art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-3</sup>
An author or performer, in a will, may designate the person that is permitted to file the claim referred to in paragraph (1) on behalf of the surviving family members. In this case, the designated person may not file such a claim once 70 years have passed, counting from the year after that in which the author or performer dies (or, if surviving family members are still alive at such a time, the designated person may not file such a claim once there are no longer any surviving family members).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十七条（共同著作物等の権利侵害） — (Infringement with Respect to a Joint Work)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-117</sup>

**第一項**  共同著作物の各著作者又は各著作権者は、他の著作者又は他の著作権者の同意を得ないで、第百十二条の規定による請求又はその著作権の侵害に係る自己の持分に対する損害の賠償の請求若しくは自己の持分に応じた不当利得の返還の請求をすることができる。
<sup>art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-117/par-1</sup>
Any one co-author or copyright owner in a joint work may file the claim referred to in Article 112, claim that co-author's or co-owner's personal share of compensation for damage due to copyright infringement, or claim the return of the benefit of any unjust enrichment in accordance with that co-author's or co-owner's personal share, without the consent of the other co-authors or co-owners of the copyright.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、共有に係る著作権又は著作隣接権の侵害について準用する。
<sup>art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-117/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis in connection with infringement of a copyright or neighboring rights in co-ownership.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百十八条（無名又は変名の著作物に係る権利の保全） — (Preservation of Rights to Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-118</sup>

**第一項**  無名又は変名の著作物の発行者は、その著作物の著作者又は著作権者のために、自己の名をもつて、第百十二条、第百十五条若しくは第百十六条第一項の請求又はその著作物の著作者人格権若しくは著作権の侵害に係る損害の賠償の請求若しくは不当利得の返還の請求を行なうことができる。ただし、著作者の変名がその者のものとして周知のものである場合及び第七十五条第一項の実名の登録があつた場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-118/par-1</sup>
The publisher of an anonymous or pseudonymous work may file the claim referred to in Article 112, Article 115, or Article 116, paragraph (1) or may claim damages or the return of the benefit of any unjust enrichment in that person's own name, on behalf of the author or the owner of the copyright to the work; provided, however, that this does not apply if the pseudonym is the name by which the author is commonly known or if the true name of the author has been registered as referred to in Article 75, paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  無名又は変名の著作物の複製物にその実名又は周知の変名が発行者名として通常の方法により表示されている者は、その著作物の発行者と推定する。
<sup>art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-118/par-2</sup>
A person whose true name or the pseudonym by which the person is commonly known is indicated in the customary manner on copies of an anonymous or pseudonymous work as the name of the publisher of the work is presumed to be the publisher of that work.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-112/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112/par-1
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- art-113/par-2: 第百十九条第二項第四号 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項第四号 (Article 119, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-119/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2/item-4
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- art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-1: この条 → 著作権法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113
- art-113/par-2/item-1/sub-1: 第百十九条第二項 → 著作権法 第百十九条第二項 (Article 119, paragraph (2)), art-119/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-119/par-2
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- art-113/par-4: この項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第四項 (Article 113, paragraph (4)), art-113/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-4
- art-113/par-5: 第四十七条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の三第一項 (Article 47-3, paragraph (1)), art-47-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-3/par-1
- art-113/par-5: 第一項第一号 → 著作権法 第百十三条第一項第一号 (Article 113, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-113/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-1/item-1
- art-113/par-6: 次項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第七項 (Article 113, paragraph (7)), art-113/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-7
- art-113/par-6: 第百二十条の二第一号 → 著作権法 第百二十条の二第一項第一号 (Article 120-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-120-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-1
- art-113/par-6: 第二号 → 著作権法 第百二十条の二第一項第二号 (Article 120-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-120-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-120-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-120-2/par-1/item-2
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- art-113/par-9: 前条 → 著作権法 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112
- art-113/par-9: 次条第九項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第九項 (Article 113, paragraph (9)), art-113/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-9
- art-113/par-9: 同条第一項 → 著作権法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112/par-1
- art-113/par-10: この項 → 著作権法 第百十三条第十項 (Article 113, paragraph (10)), art-113/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113/par-10
- art-113-2/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 第百十三条の二 (Article 113-2), art-113-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-113-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-113-2
- art-113-2/par-1: 第二十六条の二第二項 → 著作権法 第二十六条の二第二項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (2)), art-26-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-26-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-2/par-2
- art-113-2/par-1: 第九十五条の二第三項 → 著作権法 第九十五条の二第三項 (Article 95-2, paragraph (3)), art-95-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-2/par-3
- art-113-2/par-1: 第九十七条の二第二項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第二項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (2)), art-97-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-2
- art-113-2/par-1: 第二十六条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第二十六条の二第一項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (1)), art-26-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-26-2/par-1
- art-113-2/par-1: 第九十五条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十五条の二第一項 (Article 95-2, paragraph (1)), art-95-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-95-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-95-2/par-1
- art-113-2/par-1: 第九十七条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-97-2/par-1
- art-114/par-1: この項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項 (Article 114, paragraph (1)), art-114/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1
- art-114/par-1: 第一号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1
- art-114/par-1/item-1: この号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-1
- art-114/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第二号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-114/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-2
- art-114/par-4: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3
- art-114/par-4: 著作権等管理事業法第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 412AC0000000131, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-114/par-4: 同法第十三条第一項 → e-Gov law 412AC0000000131, 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-114/par-5: 第一項第二号 → 著作権法 第百十四条第一項第二号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-114/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-1/item-2
- art-114/par-5: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3
- art-114/par-6: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114/par-3
- art-114-3/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1
- art-114-3/par-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2
- art-114-3/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1
- art-114-3/par-3: 第百十四条の六第一項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1
- art-114-3/par-4: 第二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2
- art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第一項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (1)), art-114-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-1
- art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第二項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (2)), art-114-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-2
- art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第三項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (3)), art-114-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-3
- art-114-3/par-5: 前各項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第四項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (4)), art-114-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-4
- art-114-6/par-1: 不正競争防止法（平成五年法律第四十七号）第二条第六項 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第六項 (Article 2, paragraph (6)), art-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-6
- art-114-6/par-1: この項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1
- art-114-6/par-1: 第一号 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項第一号 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1/item-1
- art-114-6/par-1/item-1: 第百十四条の三第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の三第三項 (Article 114-3, paragraph (3)), art-114-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-3/par-3
- art-114-6/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項第一号 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1/item-1
- art-114-6/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1
- art-114-6/par-2/item-3: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1
- art-114-6/par-3: 民事訴訟法第百二十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-122
- art-114-6/par-3: 同法第二百五十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十二条第一項 (Article 252, paragraph (1)), art-252/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-252/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-252/par-1
- art-114-6/par-3: 同法第二百五十三条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十三条第二項 (Article 253, paragraph (2)), art-253/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-253/par-2
- art-114-6/par-3: 次項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第四項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (4)), art-114-6/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-4
- art-114-6/par-3: 次条第二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の七第二項 (Article 114-7, paragraph (2)), art-114-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-2
- art-114-7/par-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1
- art-114-8/par-1: 民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1
- art-114-8/par-1: 第三項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第三項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (3)), art-114-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-3
- art-114-8/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第一項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (1)), art-114-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1
- art-114-8/par-3: 前二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第一項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (1)), art-114-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-1
- art-114-8/par-3: 前二項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の八第二項 (Article 114-8, paragraph (2)), art-114-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-8/par-2
- art-114-8/par-3: 民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-1
- art-116/par-1: この条 → 著作権法 第百十六条 (Article 116), art-116 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116
- art-116/par-1: 第六十条 → 著作権法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-60
- art-116/par-1: 第百一条の三 → 著作権法 第百一条の三 (Article 101-3), art-101-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-101-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-101-3
- art-116/par-1: 第百十二条 → 著作権法 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112
- art-116/par-1: 前条 → 著作権法 第百十五条 (Article 115), art-115 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-115
- art-116/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1
- art-116/par-3: 第一項 → 著作権法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1
- art-117/par-1: 第百十二条 → 著作権法 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112
- art-117/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-117/par-1
- art-118/par-1: 第百十二条 → 著作権法 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-112
- art-118/par-1: 第百十五条 → 著作権法 第百十五条 (Article 115), art-115 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-115
- art-118/par-1: 第百十六条第一項 → 著作権法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-116/par-1
- art-118/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

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