Kazumasa Izawa of JASRAC on Meeting the New Challenges of Japanese Music Worldwide: Billboard Global Power Players Interview

Billboard JAPAN interviewed Izawa in recognition of his selection for the list.

Kazumasa Izawa

Ryuji Tatsumi

Billboard‘s Global Power Players list recognizes the leaders that are driving the success of the music business in countries outside the United States. Kazumasa Izawa, President of JASRAC, was chosen from the music industry leaders of the world for inclusion in the list for the first time. Billboard JAPAN interviewed Izawa in recognition of his selection for the list. We talked to him about the new issues that have arisen as Japanese music spreads worldwide and about JASRAC’s unique ability to deal with these problems.

You were appointed president of JASRAC in 2022, and since then you’ve been focusing on enhancing communications between rights owners and users, and on digitalization. What have these four years been like?