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Our Activities and Objectives
  Music enables communication to go beyond languages.
This is the reason why some emotions and impressions can be conveyed only through music.
Recorded media shoulder the most important role as a vehicle to convey such emotional impressions to people.
Despite the changes in the form of music carriers from analog media such as LPs to digital media, its role remains unchanged.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) contributes toward the healthy development of Japanese culture via various activities including the spread of recorded media and the enlightenment of copyright consciousness.
 
 
Business objectives / activities
  Our objective is to contribute to the development of Japanese culture by means of enhancing harmony and conciliation across the recording industry, diffusion of high-quality recordings (pre-recorded CDs etc.), protection of record producers' right, and efforts to promote proper use of recordings.
 
  • Spread of recordings (pre-recorded CDs etc.)
  • Dissemination of the copyright consciousness
  • Technological research for the proper use of recordings
  • Research and study of recordings, collection of various types of information andpublication
  • Operation as the designated organization regarding collection/distribution of secondary-use fee and rental remuneration for recordings
  • Operation regarding reception/distribution of private sound/visual recording compensation
 
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