Japan extended the copyright term from 50 to 70 years after the author's death[1]. So this change would only help someone pay for rent if you, in this example,

Japan extended the copyright term from 50 to 70 years after the author's death[1]. So this change would only help someone pay for rent if you, in this example, had written a book in 1968, had a child at the same time and then promptly died. That child would now be 50 and somehow hadn't managed to do anything worthwhile with their life to pay their own rent, but had been living on the proceeds of your book published in 1968. Now they'll be able to extend that into their 70s. And that's in the very best case. This could also be a written in 1918 by someone that was 20, died in 1968, and whose copyright would only now just be expiring. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/10/national/japan-extend-copyright-period-works-including-novels-paintings-70-years-dec-30/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/10/national/japan-...