It’s important to protect record producer’s rights in a legal way in order to have a healthy development of recording industry. We are engaged in activities for enlargement of record producer’s rights applying to the new era by means of holding & sponsoring all kinds of workshops and lectures related to copyrights, cooperating with worldwide recording industry organizations and domestic & international organizations of rightholders.

In the era of drastic change surrounding the music industry, we are engaged in the establishment of new legal system that will allow producers to maintain their music creation cycles.Facing the rapid evolution of information technology, we are appealing for the necessity of "Broadcasting right of sound recordings" and "Importation right of sound recordings" to prevent the reflow of Japanese-repertoire recordings from foreign countries of different economic situations.

To protect the right of the producers from infringement, RIAJ takes countermeasures against illegal activities in alliance with domestic member companies and related organizations of rightholders. We are also actively involved in the "Anti-Counterfeiting Association" along with groups of rightholders in other industries to enlighten people about intellectual property.

For the prevention of illegal uploading of music on the Internet and immoderate copying beyond the purpose for private use, we are engaged in activities to spread the knowledge and raise people's awareness of copyright.

As the secretariat of "Anti-Illegal Recording Alliance," that consists of nine music related organizations, we handle problems concerning illegal recording often found in various kinds of music schools nationwide including Karaoke. In order to raise awareness about copyright issues, we have been conducting researches and enlightenment activities, and organizing lectures in many cities and towns.

As the National Group of IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) in Japan, that has more than 1,500 member record companies in 76 countries, we are making every effort to eliminate pirated copies worldwide. Especially in relation to the recent increase of illegal activities conducted on the Internet, we are working on this problem as the common problem in the global recording industry.

In addition to cooperating with "copyright seminars," organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and prefectural education boards, and organizing workshops and lectures concerning copyright and new technologies, we are actively working on raising people's awareness on copyright and advancing the cultivation of human resources in this software and information society.