About JAC

Japan Academic Association For Copyright Clearance (JAC) is a management business operator registered by Agency for Cultural Affairs under the Copyright Law of Japan (Registration Number 02004).

We manage and administer intellectual property and deal with copyrights on behalf of academic Organizations. We work as Collective Management Organizations acting in the interest and on behalf of the owners of rights.

We are member of International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO), and we have bilateral agreements with countries around the world which means content users can copy from publications published in 33 international territories.

JAC’s mission is to contribute to the development of academic societies by making it easy for our users to get and use content worldwide as obtaining permission to use copyrighted works is complicated, while protecting the legitimate interests of rightsholders.

We mainly represent the rightsholders’ reproduction rights in academic related works and grant licenses. Our licensing revenue is distributed to rightsholders we represent after deduction of predetermined administration fees.

JAC is incorporated association which is organized by 5 member associations with Board of Directors. We currently have 5 member Organizations – The Japan Federation of Engineering Societies (JFES), Japan Association for Dental Science (JADS), Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies (AJASS), The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ) and The Japan Association of Medical Sciences (JAMS).