Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method, and computer program

Recording medium (100) includes a first recording layer for recording recording information (L0) and a second recording layer (L1), Each of the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the record information and a control area for recording control information for controlling at least one of recording and reproducing (102 and 118), the second corresponding to the end portion of the inner peripheral side of the control area in the first recording layer an area portion of the recording layer, and the outer end of the control area in the second recording layer are separated by more than a predetermined value.