{"id":2227651,"date":"2026-01-08T22:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227651"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:51:54","slug":"j-pop-singers-to-earn-mall-music-royalties-under-new-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/j-pop-singers-to-earn-mall-music-royalties-under-new-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"J-pop singers to earn mall music royalties under new rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-trackable=\"image-main\" class=\"NewsArticleHeaderImage_newsArticleHeaderImageContainer__CIe9L\" style=\"display:block\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleCaption_newsArticleCaption__fxo8v\" data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" style=\"display:block\">Japanese performers currently collect no royalties when their music is used at commercial facilities at home and abroad. (Nikkei image)<\/p>\n<div class=\"NewsArticleDetails_newsArticleDetailsContainer__wnuEM\">\n<p>SARA MORI<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleTimestamp_articleTimestamp__Oknqo\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p><span>January 9, 2026 03:39 JST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"NewsArticle_newsArticleOuterContentContainerWrapper__unlkj\">\n<div class=\"NewsArticle_newsArticleContentContainerWrapper___X4kK\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyWithTracking_articleBodyWithTrackingTranslationWrapper___zPnA\">\n<div class=\"ezrichtext-field NewsArticleBody_newsArticleBody__wMhF_ ArticleBodyWithTracking_articleBodyWithTrackingTranslating__5k2zL\" id=\"article-body-preview\" data-article-body=\"\" data-trackable=\"bodytext\" data-atlas=\"body\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\" class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__2p1wC\">TOKYO &#8212; Japan&#8217;s Agency for Cultural Affairs is set to propose legal changes to let singers and session musicians collect usage fees when their music is played in shopping centers and other commercial facilities, bringing its royalty system in line with widespread overseas practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>if(\"undefined\"!=typeof window&&\"undefined\"!=typeof window){[\"\/account\/newsletter-preferences\"].find((e=>window.location.pathname.includes(e)))||(!function(e,n,t,o,i,c,f){e.fbq||(i=e.fbq=function(){i.callMethod?i.callMethod.apply(i,arguments):i.queue.push(arguments)},e._fbq||(e._fbq=i),i.push=i,i.loaded=!0,i.version=\"2.0\",i.queue=[],(c=n.createElement(t)).async=!0,c.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js\",(f=n.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]).parentNode.insertBefore(c,f))}(window,document,\"script\"),fbq(\"init\",window.clientEnv.NEXT_PUBLIC_FACEBOOK_PIXEL_ID),fbq(\"track\",\"PageView\"))}<\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v16.0\" async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source asia.nikkei.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese performers currently collect no royalties when their music is used at commercial facilities at home and abroad. 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