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Authors whose works are in public domain in at least one jurisdiction

Flag of Japan. Japan's copyright term

Japan is part of countries with 70 years copyright term after publication
Applies to anonymous work, work whose copyright holder is a legal entity or another organization, pseudonymous work, film
Japan is part of countries with 50 years pma
Applies to photograph, posthumous work
Japan is part of countries with 50 years copyright term after publication
Applies to anonymous work, work whose copyright holder is a legal entity or another organization, pseudonymous work, photograph, film
Japan is part of countries with 70 years pma
Applies to photograph, posthumous work, anonymous work, pseudonymous work

Japan's statistics

Number of works identified as being in the public domain on Wikidata

Type of work Number of works in public domain
film 24
literary work 102
musical work/composition 3
painting 1105
sculpture 3