About JASRACCorporate Overview

Name Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers(JASRAC)
Offices
Headquarters: 3-6-12 Uehara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Regional offices: 14 offices across Japan
Offices (Japanese Only)
Establishment November 18, 1939
Our Story (Japanese Only)
Representative IZAWA Kazumasa (President)
Message from the President
Number of employees 521 (as of April 1, 2026)
Number of administered works 98,765,753 works (CIS-Net entries as of May 8, 2026)
Administered works available on Repertoire Search "J-WID" Domestic: 2,525,749 works (as of March 31, 2026)
Foreign: 3,579,428 works (as of March 31, 2026)
Trust contracts 21,778 (as of April 1, 2026)
Business purpose Protecting the copyrights of musical works and facilitating the utilization of musical works, thereby contributing to the dissemination and development of music culture
Business activities
  • - Management business concerning copyrights of musical works
  • - Liaison with copyright management organizations abroad and arrangements to protect each other's copyright
  • - Activities concerning remuneration for private audio and visual recordings
  • - Dissemination of the concept of copyright, and investigations and studies on copyrights of musical works
  • - Activities contributing to the promotion of music culture
Royalties collected/
distributed (fiscal 2025)		 Collection: JPY152,326,593,253
Distribution: JPY151,857,948,386
  • * Actual amounts collected/distributed. Amount distributed in fiscal 2025 includes collections from fiscal 2024.
Facts & Figures
Net assets JPY608,030,882 (as of March 31, 2025)
Qualified invoice issuer
registration number		 T4011005003025
Representation agreements
with overseas organizations		 129 organizations in 97 countries and 4 territories (as of November 2025)
International