JASRAC Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers
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Company Name Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)
Offices
Headquarters: 3-6-12 Uehara, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-8540 MAP
Tel. +81-3-3481-2121 (Switchboard)  
Branches: 17 branches in major cities  
Establishment November 18, 1939
President Mitsuo SUGAWARA
Staffs 486 (Male 302, Female 184) (as of April 2011)
Number of Works Administered
Domestic and Foreign works: approximately 7.7 million (as of April 2011)
(out of the above, works which have had records
of usage are registered in works search service
“J-WID” and are made open to the public)
Breakdown of works registered in database “J-WID”
Domestic works: approximately 1.27 million
Foreign works: approximately 1.56 million
Members & Trustors 15,515 (as of April 2011)
Business purpose To protect the copyrights of musical works, and to facilitate the utilization of musical works, thereby contributing to the dissemination and development of music culture.
Description of Business
* Management business concerning copyrights of musical works
* Liaison with copyright licensing organizations abroad and arrangements with such organizations for reciprocal protection of copyrights of musical works
* Business activities concerning remuneration of audio and visual home recording
* Dissemination of the thought of copyrights and investigations and studies concerning copyrights of musical works.
* Contribution to promote musical culture
Annual Collection/Distribution
Annual Collection: 106,564,384,941 yen
Annual Distribution: 106,467,948,124 yen
(figures of fiscal 2010)
Net Assets 562,205,882 yen (as of March 31, 2011)
Agreements with Foreign Societies 116 societies (87 countries, 4 regions) (as of April 1, 2011)

Officers
Chairman Shunichi TOKURA
President Mitsuo SUGAWARA
Managing Directors Takehisa NOGI , Masami KONDO , Makoto WATANABE
Directors Masayuki OHARA , Michio ASAISHI , Nobuya KITADA , Kenzo OHASHI
Auditor Masahiro MIYAWAKI


An overview of JASRAC's organizational structure

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Regional Licesing Offices


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