According to Chapter IV, Section 6, Article 101 of the Japanese Copyright Act: "The duration of neighboring rights shall expire at the end of a period of seventy years from the year following the date... when the publishing was made or when the first fixation of sounds was made if the publishing has not been made within a period of seventy years following the first fixation of sounds." This was increased non-retroactively from 50 years on December 30, 2018; from 30 years on May 2, 1989; and from 20 years on November 1, 1988.

Warning: This copyright tag does NOT mention that whole copyrights has expired. It may be remained composer- or lyricist-related copyrights in Japan. You must show that such copyrights has also expired in Japan.

Note that if the work was first performed before 1971, the performer's right will be expired 70 years after its performance and 30 years after his death. [1] Also, public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. The file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the United States.

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