Hitotsubashi Journal Copyright Policy
Approved by the Editorial Board of Hitotsubashi Journal on February 21, 2018

Table of Contents
Article 1 Purpose of the Policy
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Assignment of Copyrights
Article 4 Non-Exercise of Moral Rights (Deleted)
Article 5 Rights of Authors
Article 6 Warranties and Responsibilities of the Author
Article 7 Cooperation on Dispute Resolution
Article 8 Grant of Licenses to Third Parties
Article 9 Governing Law and Jurisdiction
Article 10 Force Majeure
Article 11 Manuscript Submission Guidelines of Each Journal
Supplementary Provisions
Exhibit(Purpose of the Policy)
Article 1
This Policy sets forth the copyright policy for works that are submitted to Hitotsubashi
University (hereinafter called the "University") for publication in Hitotsubashi Journal(s)(hereinafter called the "Journal(s)") published by the University.
(Definitions)
Article 2
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined below shall have the following
meanings:a) Work(s)shall mean copyrightable works, as defined by the Copyright Act of Japan or theapplicable laws of any other country or region that are submitted to the University, andthat fall within any of the following:- i) Any articles, research notes or book reviews to be published in the Journals; or- ii) Any other copyrighted materials similar to the foregoing that are designated by
the University from time to time.
In addition, any appendix attached to a Work (hereinafter called an "Appendix") shall beincluded in the Work.
b) Author(s)shall mean the creator(s) of the Works.
c) Copyrights

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Act of Japan or the applicable law of any other country or region (including, but notlimited to, all rights stipulated in Articles 21 through 28 of the Copyright Act ofJapan. See “Exhibit”).
d) Moral Rights(Deleted)’(Assignment of Copyrights)
Article 3
The Copyrights in any Works (including any rights stipulated in Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright
Act of Japan, as provided for in Article 2 hereof) shall be assigned by the Author exclusively to
the University immediately (i) upon submission of the Work by the Author to the University if peerreview to be conducted for the purpose of publication in the Journals (hereinafter called the “PeerReview”) is not required, or (ii) upon acceptance of the Work by the University as result of the PeerReview if the Peer-Review is required, in any form to the extent permitted under the applicable
law; provided, however, that, the Copyrights in the Appendix that are not published in any printed
version of the Journals are not subject to the assignment under this Article 3 hereof. Such Appendix
shall be subject to the exclusive license under Article 3.2 hereof.
2. If the handling of Copyrights in the Works as provided in Article 3.1 hereof cannot be done forany reason whatsoever (including the case where such handling is not allowed under the applicablelaw), then the Author shall provide, at the time of submission, written notice of such issue to theUniversity. Such issue shall be settled by the Author and the University through mutual
discussion; provided however, that, the Author hereby acknowledges and agrees that, upon
submission of any Works to the University, the Author, at least, shall be deemed to have granted
to the University a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sub-licensable (whether such sub-license isgranted with or without charge), and exclusive license to exercise the Copyrights in the Works, tothe extent permitted under any applicable law and such reason preventing the handling ofCopyrights in the Works as provided in Article 3.1 hereof.
3. The Author shall conduct certain cooperation to be reasonably requested by the University inconnection with the assignment or grant of license of the Copyrights in the Works, including but
not limited to the execution of acknowledgment of assignment of copyrights for confirming theassignment of the Copyrights in the Works.
4. In the case the University has decided not to publish any Works in any Journals, theUniversity shall return to the Author(s) the Copyrights in such Works assigned to the University
under Article 3.1 hereof.
(Non-Exercise of Moral Rights)
Article 4 (Deleted)2

(Rights of Authors)
Article 5
The Author may use all or part of the Work(s) in compilations or other publications of his/her own
works or may grant licenses in the Work(s) without paying any royalty to the University on thecondition that the Author sends prior written notice to the University.
2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Author shall have the right to use the Work in the following
manner without notifying the University, provided that the Work so used shall contain an indicationthat such Work is “to be published” or “published” in the Journals as the case may be:a) To use the Work in a manner consistent with the provision of the Copyright Act of Japan(and any other applicable law) that allows a third party to use a work, even if he or she
does not own the copyright to the work and has not been granted a license to use the work;b) To publish any portion of the Work only in the Author’s institutional repository and/or on
the Author’s website;(Warranties and Responsibilities of the Author)
Article 6
The Author warrants that nothing in any Work is obscene, defamatory, or libelous, and that such
Work does not violate any right of privacy, or infringe upon any intellectual property rights(including, without limitation, copyright, patent, utility model, design, trademark or domain namerelated right) or any other rights of any third party, and does not violate any law.
2. In the event that any dispute with respect to the Work such as infringement of the Work by athird party or infringement of a third party’s right by the Work, etc. arises, then the Author shallindemnify, defend, and hold harmless the University from and against any and all loss, damage,or liability arising from or in connection with such disputes.
3. The Author warrants that the Work is an original work created by the Author.
4. The Author warrants that he/she has never assigned or licensed, and is under no obligation toassign or license the Copyrights (including the right of publication) to any third party other thanthe University.
5. The Author warrants that quotations of any work by any third party in the Work are duly madein accordance with Articles 32-1 of the Copyright Act of Japan (and any other applicable law).
6. In the case the Work is a work of joint authorship and one or more Author(s) of the co-authors
submit the Work to the University on behalf of the co-authors, such Author(s) shall warrant that
all other co-authors have accepted and agreed on submission of the Work to the University inaccordance with this Policy.
(Cooperation on Dispute Resolution)
Article 7
In the event that any dispute with respect to the Work such as infringement of the Work by a thirdparty or infringement of a third party’s right by the Work, etc. arises or threatens to arise, theAuthor shall, in addition to the obligation under Article 6.2 hereof, consult with the University3

concerning measures to be taken in response and shall cooperate with the University to resolve
the same.
(Grant of Licenses to Third Parties)
Article 8
In the event that any third party requests a license to use the Works, the University will consider
the request and may agree to grant the license as appropriate.
2. All royalty or license fees collected from a third party shall be the income of the University, andshall not be distributed to the Author.
(Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
Article 9This Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan without
reference to principles of conflict of laws. The parties concerned shall submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court of Japan.
(Force Majeure)
Article 10
No delay in the performance nor any other breach of the University’s obligations hereunder due
to earthquake, fire, flood, natural disaster, storm, war, terrorism, armed conflict, labor strike,lockout, boycott, or any other event that is beyond the control of the University shall be deemeda default in respect of this Policy nor shall such obligate the University to indemnify, defend or
hold harmless any Author from and against any and all damages suffered by the Author.
(Manuscript Submission Guidelines of Each Journal)
Article 11
In addition to this Policy, the manuscript submission guidelines of certain Journals that theWork will be published in (hereinafter called the “Manuscript Submission Guidelines”) shallapply to such Work.
2. If there is any conflict between the provisions of this Policy and those of the Manuscript
Submission Guidelines, the provisions of the Manuscript Submission Guidelines shall prevail.
(Supplementary Provisions)
1. This Policy shall come into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that this Policy shall not
apply to any Works that will be published in certain Journals to be issued before April 1, 2019.
2. This Policy shall be amended as of April 26, 2023 and shall come into effect from the same date.
Exhibit:
The term “Copyrights” includes without limitation the following rights:- Right of reproduction (Article 21 of the Copyright Act of Japan); "reproduction" means the4reproduction in a tangible form by means of printing, photographing, photocopying, sound orvisual recording or other methods;- Right of performance (Article 22); the right to perform a work publicly ("publicly" means
for the purpose of making a work seen or heard directly by the public); “performance”
includes stage performances and musical performances, and "stage performance" means theperformance of a work, excluding, however, musical performances ("musical performances"include singing);- Right of screen presentation (Article 22-2 of the Copyright Act of Japan); the right tomake the work publicly available by screen presentation; "screen presentation" means theprojection of a work (other than a publicly transmitted work) on a screen or other object,and includes the replaying, in accompaniment with such projection, of sounds that have been
fixed in a cinematographic work;- Right of public transmission, etc. (Article 23 of the Copyright Act of Japan); (a) the right toeffect the public transmission of a work (including, in the case of automatic publictransmission, making a work transmittable), and (b) the right to communicate publicly any
work that has been publicly transmitted, by means of a receiving apparatus receiving such
publictransmission;"publictransmission"means

thetransmission,bywireless

communications or wire-based telecommunications, intended for direct reception by thepublic; excluding, however, transmissions (other than transmissions of a computer programwork) by telecommunication facilities, one part of which is located on the same premises where
all remaining parts are located or, if the premises are occupied by two or more persons, allparts of which are located within the area (within such premises) occupied by the sameperson(s);- Right of recitation (Article 24 of the Copyright Act of Japan); "recitation" means oral
communication by means of reading aloud or any other method, but excluding any oral
communication falling within the term "performance";- Right of exhibition (Article 25 of the Copyright Act of Japan); the right to exhibit theoriginal of the work (an artistic work or an unpublished photographic work) publicly;- Right of distribution (Article 26 of the Copyright Act of Japan); (a) the right to distribute acinematographic work by distributing reproductions of such work, (b) the right to distribute awork (a work reproduced in a cinematographic work) by distributing reproductions of thesame;"distribution" means the transfer or rental of reproductions of a work to the public, whether
for free or for a fee, and in the case of cinematographic works or works reproduced therein,and "distribution" includes the transfer of ownership or rental of, reproductions of acinematographic work for the purpose of making such cinematographic work itself or the works
reproduced therein available to the public;- Right to transfer or assign ownership (Article 26-2 of the Copyright Act of Japan); the rightto offer a work (that is not a cinematographic work) to the public by assigning or transferring

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ownership of the original or reproductions of such work (excluding, however, reproductionsof a cinematographic work where the author's work has been reproduced in said
cinematographic work);- Right of rental (Article 26-3 of the Copyright Act of Japan); the right to offer a work (that isnot a cinematographic work) to the public through the rental of reproductions of the work
(excluding, however, reproductions of a cinematographic work where the author's work has
been reproduced in said cinematographic work);- Rights of translation, adaptation, etc. (Article 27 of the Copyright Act of Japan); the rightto translate, arrange musically or transform, or dramatize, cinematize, or otherwise adapt awork; and-Right of the original author in the exploitation of a derivative work (Article 28 of theCopyright Act of Japan); in connection with the exploitation of a derivative work, the authorof an original work owns the same rights as are possessed by the author of a derivative work
thereof, as stipulated in Articles 21 through 27.
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