Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency is introducing a new system in April that will compel users to pay copyright fees even in cases in which the creator or the copyright holder is not known. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/27/japan/copyright-unknown-authors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #copyrights #culturalaffairsagency #internet
The culture ministry said it would recommend “Fushikaden,” noh master Zeami’s 15th-century treatise on traditional Japanese theater, for inscription on UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/zeami-unesco-recommendation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #zeami #fushikaden #noh #unesco #culturalaffairsagency #un