Terms of Use

[Terms of Service]

This English translation is provided for reference only. If there is any discrepancy between this translation and the Japanese original, the Japanese original prevails.

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) set out the conditions for using the services (the “Service”) provided by Next Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) on this website. All users of the Service (“Users”) shall fully understand and agree to these Terms and comply with them in good faith. By using the Service, Users are deemed to have read these Terms to the end, fully understood their content and agreed to them.

 

Article 1 (Application)

1. These Terms apply to all relationships between Users and the Company concerning the use of the Service.

2. In addition to these Terms, the Company may establish various rules concerning the Service, such as rules for use (the “Individual Provisions”). Regardless of their name, these Individual Provisions form part of these Terms.

3. If any provision of these Terms conflicts with a provision of the Individual Provisions referred to in the preceding article, the Individual Provisions prevail unless they specify otherwise.

 

Article 2 (Content of the Service)

1. The specific content of the Service is as provided on the Company’s website. The Company assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any content, works, information, services or anything else provided to Users in connection with the Service, and Users are obliged to use them at their own discretion and responsibility. By using the Service, Users are deemed to have agreed to this obligation.

2. Use of the Service does not grant Users any rights.

 

Article 3 (Advertising, etc.)

The Company may post advertisements, notices and other material provided by third parties on its website. Such advertisements are posted under the responsibility of their providers; the Company does not guarantee their accuracy, legality or any other aspect and assumes no responsibility for their content.

 

Article 4 (Fees and Payment)

Users may use the Service free of charge. However, the Service may become chargeable without prior notice under the Individual Provisions or otherwise.

 

Article 5 (Prohibited Acts)

1. When using the Service, Users must not engage in any of the following acts:

(1) Acts that violate laws and regulations or public order and morals

(2) Acts related to criminal activity

(3) Any act that infringes the intellectual property rights contained in the Service, including its content

　　In these Terms, “intellectual property rights” means copyrights, trademark rights, patents, utility model rights, design rights, designs, know-how and all other intellectual property (including the right to obtain such rights and the right to apply for their registration) in the content, documents, images, videos, screen designs, emails created or sent by the Company and all other works used in the Service.

(4) Acts that destroy or interfere with the functions of the servers or networks of the Company, other Users or any other third party

(5) Commercial use of information obtained through the Service

(6) Acts that may interfere with the operation of the Company’s services

(7) Unauthorized access or attempts at unauthorized access

(8) Collecting or accumulating personal information about other Users

(9) Using the Service for improper purposes (including crawling, disassembly, decompilation and other reverse engineering)

(10) Acts that cause disadvantage, damage or discomfort to the Company, other Users or any other third party

(11) Impersonating other Users

(12) Promotion, advertising, solicitation or sales activities on the Service not permitted by the Company

(13) Acts aimed at meeting people of the opposite sex whom one does not know

(14) Directly or indirectly providing benefits to anti-social forces in connection with the Company’s services

(15) Any other act that the Company deems inappropriate

2. No User or third party may link to the Service or the Company’s website without the Company’s consent.

 

Article 6 (Suspension of the Service, etc.)

1. The Company may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice to Users if it determines that any of the following applies:

(1) Maintenance, inspection or updating of the computer systems related to the Service

(2) Provision of the Service becomes difficult due to force majeure such as earthquakes, lightning, fire, power outages or natural disasters

(3) Computers or communication lines stop due to an accident

(4) Any other case in which the Company determines that providing the Service is difficult

2. The Company assumes no responsibility for any disadvantage or damage suffered by Users or third parties as a result of the suspension or interruption of the Service.

 

Article 7 (Restriction of Use and Deregistration)

If a User falls under any of the following, the Company may, without prior notice, restrict that User’s use of all or part of the Service or restrict their access:

(1) The User has violated any provision of these Terms

(2) The Company otherwise determines that the User’s use of the Service is inappropriate

(3) The Company assumes no responsibility for any damage caused to Users by actions it takes under this article.

 

Article 8 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)

1. The Company makes no warranty, express or implied, that the Service is free from defects in fact or in law (including defects relating to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, validity, fitness for a particular purpose or security, as well as errors, bugs and infringement of rights).

2. The Company has no obligation to provide the Service to Users.

3. The Company assumes no responsibility for any damage incurred by Users arising from the use of the Service.

4. Users use the Service after recognizing and accepting that the Service and the Company’s website include content, works, information, services and other material provided to Users by advertisers and other third parties. The Company assumes no responsibility for any content, works, information, services or anything else provided to users by advertisers or other third parties in connection with the Service, and by using the Service, Users are deemed to have agreed to this.

5. The Company assumes no responsibility for third-party websites, including where the Service or the Company’s website links to a third-party website or a third-party website links to the Service or the Company’s website.

6. The Company assumes no responsibility for any transactions, communications or disputes arising between Users and other Users or third parties in connection with the Service.

 

Article 9 (Liability for Damages)

1. If the Company suffers damage due to a User’s breach of these Terms or for reasons attributable to the User, the User shall compensate the Company for that damage.

2. If a User causes damage to a third party in connection with the use of the Service (including but not limited to infringing a third party’s intellectual property by providing user-provided information), the User shall resolve the matter at their own responsibility, and if the Company suffers damage in such a case, the User shall compensate the Company.

 

Article 10 (Changes to the Terms and the Service)

1. The Company may add to, change or delete these Terms (“Changes”) at any time without notice to Users if it deems necessary. If a User starts using the Service after the Terms have been changed, that User is deemed to have agreed to the changed Terms. Changes take effect when posted on the Company’s website.

2. The Company may change or discontinue all or part of the Service at any time at its discretion, without prior or subsequent notice. These Terms and the Individual Provisions may lose effect accordingly.

3. The Company assumes no responsibility for any damage suffered by Users due to Changes to these Terms or the Individual Provisions, or to changes or discontinuation of the Service.

 

Article 11 (Handling of Personal Information)

1. The Company handles user information and personal information provided for the use of the Service appropriately in accordance with its Privacy Policy.

2. In accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Company may provide personal information and other information provided by Users (including user-provided information other than personal information) to third parties to the extent necessary to provide the Service, and by using the Service, Users are deemed to have agreed to this. However, the Company shall agree with such third parties (the “Recipients”) on the appropriate handling of the personal information provided.

3. By using the Service, Users are deemed to have agreed that they may receive guidance, communications and notices from the Recipients.

4. If there are any errors, omissions, additions or changes in the user information or personal information provided to the Company, Users shall promptly correct, add or change it by the method specified by the Company.

5. If a User fails to make the corrections, additions or changes described in the preceding paragraph, the Company may suspend that User’s use of the Service. Until such corrections, additions or changes are made, it is sufficient for the Company to handle matters based on the User information already provided, and the Company assumes no responsibility for any damage suffered by the User as a result. If a notice sent by the Company to a User fails to arrive because the User failed to make such corrections, additions or changes, the notice is deemed to have reached the User when a reasonable period necessary for its arrival has passed after it was sent based on the information already provided.

 

Article 12 (Notices and Communications)

Notices and communications between Users and the Company shall be made by the method specified by the Company. Unless a User notifies a change in accordance with the method separately specified by the Company, the Company will treat the currently registered contact details as valid and send notices or communications to them, and these are deemed to have reached the User when sent.

Contact

Personal Information Protection Manager: Next Co., Ltd., Personal Information Protection Officer

Contact: joe@next-corporation.info

 

Article 13 (Prohibition of Assignment of Rights and Obligations)

Users may not assign to a third party, or pledge as security, their status under the usage agreement or their rights or obligations under these Terms without the Company’s prior written consent.

 

Article 14 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.

2. Any dispute concerning the Service shall be subject to the exclusive agreed jurisdiction of the court having jurisdiction over the location of the Company’s head office.

 

Established: March 11, 2021