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

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 26
literary work 297
musical work/composition 3
painting 1120
sculpture 3