Template:PD-Japan/en

According to Japanese Copyright Law, under the jurisdiction of the Government of Japan the copyright on this work has expired and is as such public domain because the creator (there being multiple creators, the creator who dies last) died before 1968, or the work was published before 1968 by anonymous, pseudonymous authors, or the copyright holder who is an organization. (Articles 51, 52, and 57) Note: Use {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}} for photos published before December 31, 1956, and {{PD-Japan-film}} for films produced prior to 1953. Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. The file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the United States. See also Copyright rules by territory. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.  Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years.

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