| Article 1.(Purpose) |
| Article 2.(Definitions) |
| Article 3.(Publication of a work) |
| Article 4.(Making a work public) |
| Article 4-2.(Publication of phonograms) |
| Article 5.(Effect of international treaty) |
| Article 6.(Protected works) |
| Article 7.(Protected performances) |
| Article 8.(Protected phonograms) |
| Article 9.(Protected broadcasts) |
| Article 9-2.(Protected wire-broadcasts) |
| Article 10.(Illustrations of works) |
| Article 11.(Derivative works) |
| Article 12.(Compilations) |
| Article 12-2.(Database works) |
| Article 13.(Works not protected) |
| Article 14.(Presumption of authorship) |
| Article 15.(Authorship of a work made by an employee in the course of his duties) |
| Article 16.(Authorship of cinematographic work) |
| Article 17.(Rights of author) |
| Article 18.(Right to make the work public) |
| Article 19.(Right to determine the indication of the author's name) |
| Article 20.(Right to maintain integrity) |
| Article 21.(Right of reproduction) |
| Article 22.(Right of performance) |
| Article 22-2.(Right of screen presentation) |
| Article 23.(Rights of public transmission, etc.) |
| Article 24.(Right of recitation) |
| Article 25.(Right of exhibition) |
| Article 26.(Rights of distribution) |
| Article 26-2.(Right of ownership transfer) |
| Article 26-3.(Right of rental) |
| Article 27.(Rights of translation, adaptation, etc.) |
| Article 28.(Right of the original author in the exploitation of a derivative work) |
| Article 29.(Ownership of copyright in cinematographic works) |
| Article 30.(Reproduction for private use) |
| Article 31.(Reproduction in libraries, etc.) |
| Article 32.(Quotations) |
| Article 33.(Reproduction in school textbooks, etc.) |
| Article 33-2.(Reproduction in order to prepare a textbook, etc. in large print) |
| Article 34.(Broadcast, etc. in school education programs) |
| Article 35.(Reproduction, etc. in schools and other educational institutions) |
| Article 36.(Reproduction, etc. as examination questions) |
| Article 37.(Reproduction in Braille, etc.) |
| Article 37-2.(Automatic public transmission for persons with aural disabilities) |
| Article 38.(Performances, etc. not for profit-making purposes) |
| Article 39.(Reproduction, etc. of editorials on current topics) |
| Article 40.(Exploitation of political speeches, etc.) |
| Article 41.(Reporting of current events) |
| Article 42.(Reproduction for judicial proceedings, etc.) |
| Article 42-2.(Exploitation for purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Administration Organs Information Disclosure Act, etc.) |
| Article 43.(Exploitation by means of translation, adaptation, etc.) |
| Article 44.(Ephemeral recordings by broadcasting organizations, etc.) |
| Article 45.(Exhibition of an artistic work, etc. by the owner of the original) |
| Article 46.(Exploitation of an artistic work, etc. located in open places) |
| Article 47.(Reproduction required for exhibition of artistic works, etc.) |
| Article 47-2.(Reproduction, etc. by the owner of the reproduction of a computer program work) |
| Article 47-3.(Transfer of ownership of reproductions made pursuant to the provisions of limitations on the right of reproduction) |
| Article 48.(Clear indication of source) |
| Article 49.(Uses, etc. of reproductions for other purposes) |
| Article 50.(Relationship with moral rights of author) |
| Article 51.(In general) |
| Article 52.(Term of protection for anonymous or pseudonymous works) |
| Article 53.(Term of protection for works under the name of a corporate body) |
| Article 54.(Term of protection for cinematographic works) |
| Article 55.[Deleted] |
| Article 56.(Time when serial publications, etc. are made public) |
| Article 57.(Calculation of the term of protection) |
| Article 58.(Special provisions for the term of protection) |
| Article 59.(Personal nature of moral rights of author) |
| Article 60.(Protection of moral interests after author's death) |
| Article 61.(Transfer of copyright) |
| Article 62.(Termination of copyright in the absence of heirs, etc.) |
| Article 63.(Authorization to exploit works) |
| Article 64.(Exercise of moral rights of co-authors) |
| Article 65.(Exercise of joint copyright) |
| Article 66.(Copyright which is the subject of a pledge) |
| Article 67.(Exploitation of work where the copyright holder thereof is unknown, etc.) |
| Article 68.(Broadcasting of a work) |
| Article 69.(Recording, etc. on a commercial phonogram) |
| Article 70.(Procedures and standards for a ruling [for compulsory license]) |
| Article 71.(Consultation with the Council for Cultural Affairs) |
| Article 72.(Action with respect to the amount of compensation fixed) |
| Article 73.(Limitations on objections to the amount of compensation fixed) |
| Article 74.(Deposit of compensation) |
| Article 75.(Registration of true name) |
| Article 76.(Registration of the date of first publication, etc.) |
| Article 76-2.(Registration of the date of creation) |
| Article 77.(Registration of copyright) |
| Article 78.(Procedures, etc. for registration) |
| Article 78-2.(Special provisions for the registration of a computer program work) |
| Article 79.(Establishment of the right of publication) |
| Article 80.(Subject matter of the right of publication) |
| Article 81.(Obligation of publication) |
| Article 82.(Revision and/or additions or deletions of work) |
| Article 83.(Duration of the right of publication) |
| Article 84.(Right to terminate the right of publication) |
| Article 85.[Deleted] |
| Article 86.(Limitation on the right of publication) |
| Article 87.(Transfer, etc. of the right of publication) |
| Article 88.(Registration of the right of publication) |
| Article 89.(Neighboring rights) |
| Article 90.(Relationship between the rights of authors and neighboring rights) |
| Article 90-2.(Right to indicate name) |
| Article 90-3.(Right to preserve integrity) |
| Article 91.(Right to make sound or visual recordings) |
| Article 92.(Right to broadcast and right to wire-broadcast) |
| Article 92-2.(Right to make transmittable) |
| Article 93.(Fixation for broadcast purposes) |
| Article 94.(Broadcast of fixation, etc. made for broadcast purposes) |
| Article 95.(Secondary use of commercial phonograms) |
| Article 95-2.(Right to transfer ownership) |
| Article 95-3.(Right of rental, etc.) |
| Article 96.(Right of reproduction) |
| Article 96-2.(Right to make transmittable) |
| Article 97.(Secondary use of commercial phonograms) |
| Article 97-2.(Right to transfer ownership) |
| Article 97-3.(Right of rental, etc.) |
| Article 98.(Right of reproduction) |
| Article 99.(Right to rebroadcast and right to wire-broadcast) |
| Article 99-2.(Right to make transmittable) |
| Article 100.(Right to transmit television broadcasts) |
| Article 100-2.(Right of reproduction) |
| Article 100-3.(Right to broadcast and right to wire-broadcast) |
| Article 100-4.(Right to make transmittable) |
| Article 100-5.(Right to transmit television wire-broadcasts) |
| Article 101.(Term of protection for performances, phonograms, broadcasts and wire-broadcasts) |
| Article 101-2.(Personal nature of moral rights of performer) |
| Article 101-3.(Protection of the moral interests after the performer's death) |
| Article 102.(Limitations on neighboring rights) |
| Article 102-2.(Relationship with moral rights of performer) |
| Article 103.(Transfer, exercise, etc. of neighboring rights) |
| Article 104.(Registration of neighboring rights) |
| Article 104-2.(Exercise of the right to receive compensation for private sound and visual recordings) |
| Article 104-3.(Standard for designation) |
| Article 104-4.(Special provisions for payment of compensation for private sound and visual recordings) |
| Article 104-5.(Obligation of cooperation by manufacturers, etc.) |
| Article 104-6.(Amount of compensation for private sound and visual recordings) |
| Article 104-7.(Rules for execution of the compensation-related business) |
| Article 104-8.(Expenditures for business activities, etc. in connection with the protection of copyrights, etc.) |
| Article 104-9.(Collection of reports, etc.) |
| Article 104-10.(Delegation to Cabinet Order) |
| Article 105.(Conciliators for the resolution of disputes concerning copyrights) |
| Article 106.(Application for mediation) |
| Article 107.(Application fee) |
| Article 108.(Submission to mediation) |
| Article 109.(Mediation) |
| Article 110.(Report, etc.) |
| Article 111.(Delegation to Cabinet Order) |
| Article 112.(Right to seek injunction) |
| Article 113.(Acts deemed to constitute infringement) |
| Article 113-2.(Special provisions for the right of transfer of ownership pertaining to a third party without knowledge) |
| Article 114.(Presumption of amount of damages, etc.) |
| Article 114-2.(Obligation to clarify specific conditions [of infringement]) |
| Article 114-3.(Production of documents, etc.) |
| Article 114-4.(Obligation of the parties to explain to appraiser) |
| Article 114-5.(Determination of reasonable damages) |
| Article 114-6.(Protective order) |
| Article 114-7.(Rescission of protective order) |
| Article 114-8.(Notice, etc. of a request for inspection, etc. of the case record) |
| Article 115.(Measures for restoration, etc. of honor) |
| Article 116.(Measures to protect moral interests after the author's or the performer's death) |
| Article 117.(Infringement with respect to the rights in a work of joint authorship, etc.) |
| Article 118.(Preservation of rights in anonymous or pseudonymous works) |
| Article 119. |
| Article 120. |
| Article 120-2. |
| Article 121. |
| Article 121-2. |
| Article 122. |
| Article 122-2. |
| Article 123. |
| Article 124. |