In an information recording medium comprising at least a substrate, a
recording layer, and a resin layer, the substrate is formed with at least
a pit corresponding to a read only area 31 and a groove corresponding to
a recording/reproducing area 32 without overlapping with each other. A
reflectivity of the recording layer is specified to be more than 10%. The
recording layer and the resin layer are continuously adhered over both
the read only and recording/reproducing areas 31 and 32. The information
recording medium is characterized in that both push-pull signal outputs
T1 and T2, which are reproduced from the read only area 31 and the
recording/reproducing area 32 respectively, are more than 0.1 and satisfy
an inequality 1.5.gtoreq.T1/T2.gtoreq.0.5.