INTRODUCTION OF MUSICIANS' UNION OF JAPANName:

Musicians' Union of Japan(MUJ)

Address:

Geinokadensha 2nd floor, 6-12-30, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo

160-0023,

Telephone:+81-3-5909-3062

Fax:+81-3-5909-3063

E-mail:honbu@muj.or.jp

Home Page URL:
Representative:Japan

http://www.muj.or.jp/
Takeshi Shinohara,
Representative Member of Steering Committee

Outline of Musicians' Union of Japan:
The Musicians' Union of Japan was formed as a craft union in October,
1983, when the Japan Players' association and the Japan Musicians' Labor Union
merged.

We, the Union with legal personality, have conducted activities toimprove the musician's status and promote music culture for 25 years includingyears of activities before the merger.
The Union's main activity is to establish the amount of guarantee with
NHK(Japan's public broadcasting organization), private TV and radio companies,
and phonogram producers' association. The Union has also made great progress in
improving the working conditions of orchestra member.
Recently the Union has committed to increase the secondary use fee ofcommercial phonograms.
In cooperation with the nonpartisan Diet Members' Music League, theUnion has endeavored to revive Article 30 of the Japanese Copyright Law from theviewpoint of neighboring rights and to establish the Record Rental Law.
In regards to the government's plan for Second National Theater
construction and management, the Union made positive proposals to contribute to
the nation's cultural policies.
For its members in Japan, the Union is engaged in taking measures tominimize technological unemployment, to promote projects for live music, toestablish welfare and mutual aid systems, and to subsidize independentperformances.

-1-Among the Union's international activities, the Musicians' Union of Japanis the only one Japanese representative of the Federation of International
Musicians (FIM) consisting of 40 organizations of 30 countries.

As a permanent

member of FIM, we are playing an important role in establishing international
conventions and solving international problems.
We are also a member of the Media and Entertainment International(MEI),.

Nations with Agreement of Friendship:
United Kingdom,
As of May,

Australia,

South Korea,

Hungary, etc.

1993, talks with the American Federation of Musicians AFM,

220,000 members) is under way.

Members:

about 6,000 in total

Classical Music: about 2,500
Members of almost all Japanese orchestras; conductors; soloists; members
or free-lance players for chamber music groups, etc. ; orchestra extras.

Jazz and Popular Music: about 2,500
Recording musicians; members of main big bands and groups; solomusicians;

free-lance instrumentalists

Other Genres: about 800
Composers; arrangers; solo vocalists; musicians for hotels and clubs;
educators for music colleges and teachers' colleges; instructors for private
music lessons at home or in classroom, etc.

Miscellaneous: about 200
Professionals who prepare individual parts from a full score; clerks fororchestras; others in music-related businesses

Advisors:
Toshiko AKIYOSHI(jazz pianist, arranger)

Juro Aoki (Cellist)
Takao OKAMURA(opera singer)-2-

Shigeaki SAEGUSA (composer)
Michihiko HAGIWARA (former director of Sogakudo Concert Hall)
Toru Funamura(composer)

Norio MAEDA(composer, arranger)

Legal Advisor:
Tokyo Law Firm (30 specialist lawyers)
Taniguchi General Law Firm
Accounting Counselor:
Mikio SHIMIZU (certified public accountant and licensed tax accountant)

Domestic Organizations with which MUJ participates:
GEIDANKYO (Japan Council of Performers' Organizations)This consists of 60,000 members of 59 organizations for musicians, actors,dancers, variety artists, etc.
MIC-Unions(Japan Congress of Mass Media Information & CulturalWorkers' Unions)This consists of 100,000 members of 9 unions for newspaper, broadcasting,advertising and music-related companies.

MUJ Local Branches:
Hokkaido Branch:
4-5-1,Sumikawa Sanjo,Minami-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido,005-0003 Japan
Tel: 011-842-0936 Fax: 011-842-0936
Tohoku Branch:
Mr. Tsukano,4-6-10 Nakayamadai, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi,Miyagi, 989-3202 Japan
Tel: 022-204-1234 Fax: 022-204-1234
Kanto Branch:Geinokadensha 2nd floor, 6-12-30, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo

160-0023,

Japan

Tel: 03-5909-3457 Fax: 03-5909-3458-3-Chubu Branch:
Funaki-Pro 2-18, Higashi-Mizukiricho, Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
462-0828 Japan
Tel: 052-982-2861 Fax: 052-982-2861
Kansai Branch:
Higashiumeda-Yachiyo Bldf. 8th floor, 2-1-1, Nakazakinishi,
Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 552-0007 Japan
Tel: 06-6362-3128 Fax: 06-6362-3127
Chugoku-Shikoku Branch:
Hiroshima Road Bldg. 202, 2-9-24, Hikari-cho, Higashi-ku,Hiroshima-shi,Hiroshima, 730-0802 Japan

Tel: 082-262-2070 Fax: 082-262-2070
Kyusyu Branch:
3-31-22-202, Ohashi, Minami-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 810 Japan
Tel: 092-831-2668 Fax: 092-831-2668-4-