Arc Times (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”) is a web media operated by Arc Times, Inc. Users who browse, post, or otherwise use the Site are assumed to have agreed to this “Site Policy” (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”). Minors must obtain the prior consent of their parents or guardians before using the Site (the use of the Site by a minor shall be deemed to constitute the consent of his/her parents or guardians).
Article 1 (Application)
1 “Users” to whom this policy applies include all persons who use the Site.
2 The rules and regulations regarding this site that we post on other pages in this site from time to time shall constitute a part of this policy.
Article 2 (External Contents)
External Content” refers to content displayed on the Site using the functions of social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter (“SNS”) managed and operated by entities other than the Arc Times Company or video embedding functions (including, but not limited to, user comments on SNS and videos on the Internet), content quoted or reproduced from outside the Site and displayed on the Site, and content available on linked websites managed and operated by entities other than the Company. (including, but not limited to, comments by users on SNS and videos embedded in SNS), content quoted or reprinted from outside the Site and displayed on the Site, and content made available on linked websites managed and operated by entities other than the Company (including, but not limited to, videos on the Internet). The Company is not responsible for any advertisements, products, services, etc. in such external contents and external contents, so please use them at your own discretion and responsibility.
Article 3 (Advertisements and Transactions with Third Parties)
Advertisements of the Company and third parties designated by the Company may appear on the Website. Such advertisements will be labeled “Advertisement,” “AD,” “PR,” etc., in accordance with the “Recommended Rules for Native Advertising” of the Japan Interactive Advertising Association (JIAA), and the advertising entity will be clearly identified. The Company shall not be liable to compensate for any damages (whether indirect or direct) arising from or in connection with such advertisements. When conducting transactions with third parties through such advertisements or this site, users shall do so at their own risk and discretion.
Article 4 (Usage Fees)
In principle, there is no charge for use of this Site. Users shall properly prepare and operate, at their own responsibility and expense, the equipment, software, and communication/access environment (including necessary contracts with cell phone companies) required to use this site. In addition, the use of the Site may incur communication charges. Sending and receiving charges will be incurred if the user uses packet services. All communication fees and other costs associated with the use of this site shall be borne by the user.
Article 5 (Copyright)
1 Users may display information, etc. (such information, etc. and the act of displaying such information, etc. are hereinafter referred to as “Postings”) on the Site or through the use of SNS functions. Users shall make Postings under the following conditions. When using SNS functions for Postings, users shall comply with the terms of use stipulated by the SNS provider concerned.
1) The copyrights related to the postings belong to the user who created such postings or his/her successor in copyright.
2) By transmitting and displaying your Postings on the Site, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive license (together with the right to grant sublicenses to third parties) to use, reproduce, broadcast, screen, modify, publish, publicly transmit, display and distribute your Postings, regardless of location, free of charge The license shall be granted for an unlimited period of time without charge. In addition, for the convenience of the operation of this site or for other editing or production reasons, modifications, changes, etc. may be made to the extent that they do not alter the purpose of the postings (including modification or deletion of postings that fall under the prohibited items specified in Item 5 of this section), and users shall not exercise their moral rights of authorship against us or third parties to whom we have granted sublicenses. Users shall not exercise their moral rights against the Company or any third party to which the Company has granted a sublicense.
3) In the event of complaints, claims, or objections from third parties regarding infringement of rights, compensation for damages, etc., in connection with a posting, the user who posted the information shall be responsible for handling all such complaints, claims, or objections.
4) Although we or third parties may provide responses, etc., to submissions on this site, the use of such responses, etc., shall be at the user’s own risk.
5) Users shall not, whether intentionally or unintentionally, make any postings on the Site that fall under any of the following items or have the potential to fall under any of the following items. If we determine that a user has made such a posting, we may not post all or part of the user’s posting on this site or may immediately take measures such as deletion of the posting without notice to or approval by the user in question.
(1) That which infringes or encourages infringement of property, rights pertaining to honor, credit, portrait, privacy, or publicity, intellectual property rights such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other rights of a third party or the Company
(2) Obscene content under the social standards, content that is offensive, slanderous, discriminatory, violent, or otherwise offensive to public order and morals
(3) Those that constitute acts of unfair competition, such as disclosing another person’s trade secrets
(4) Those containing URLs of malicious web pages
(5) Those that contains personally identifiable information (name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) and is intended to collect personal information without the consent of the individual or by fraudulent means
(6) Those that contain a solicitation for religious activities or organizations.
(7) In addition to the above items, any act that violates or may encourage the violation of laws and regulations
(8) Prohibited acts as set forth in Article 9.
(9) Other items that we deem inappropriate based on reasonable grounds.
2 We shall not be liable for any damages incurred by users as a result of the posting in any case, including but not limited to the cases exemplified below.
(1) Damage arising from special circumstances, whether or not foreseen by the Company
(2) Lost profits, including damages due to loss, alteration, leakage, damage, etc., of postings
(3) Any and all damages caused by claims from third parties, including other users.
(4) Damage caused by our deletion or failure to delete the posting
(5) Damages incurred as a result of our providing the posting to a third party
(6) Damages caused by information provided by third parties including other users
3 Please read this policy before posting any content that you have submitted, as it may be made public to other users on the Site.
4 With the exception of postings and external content, copyrights and other rights to the Site and content displayed on the Site (including but not limited to text, images, PDFs, and external content, hereinafter collectively referred to as “Site Content, etc.”) are the property of the Company or legitimate copyright holders, such as third parties licensed by the Company. The copyrights and other rights to the Site Content (including, but not limited to, text, images, PDFs, and external content) belong to the Company or to the legitimate copyright holders such as licensed third parties. Users may not reprint, reproduce, divert, transfer, sell, or otherwise make secondary use of the Site Content without the prior written permission of the Company. Use of a summary of an article also requires, in principle, the permission of the copyright holder.
Article 6 (Use of Access Data)
The following access data is collected on this website. Cookies, Javascript, and other technologies are used to collect data. If users refuse to accept cookies, they agree that some functions may be restricted. Users also agree that access data may be stored and managed on the servers of third-party companies as a result of the use of their ad-serving servers by the Site.
User terminal information (IP address, operating system and browser type, etc.)
User activity history (access time, URL, number of visits, etc.)
The access data obtained is used for the following purposes
Analysis for site improvement
Deliver content that is estimated to be most appropriate for the user.
Behaviorally targeted advertising
Article 7 (Links)
1 As a general rule, links to this site may be freely provided that they are not for profit, clearly state that the link is to this site, and meet certain conditions, such as being frame-free. However, the Company reserves the right to refuse a link if it is not in line with the purpose of the Website, or if the link may harm the Company’s business or other activities, for example by misleading the viewer as to the source of the information. For details, please refer to the notes in the next section. Please note that due to editing and updating reasons, pages on this site may be changed or deleted without prior notice. Please be aware that even if you set up a link to this site, the link may be broken in a short period of time.
2 Links that combine the contents of this site with the contents of other sites, such as so-called frame links, direct links, embedding, etc., links that display the contents of this site as part of the homepage of the linked site, even if the contents of this site are displayed independently, and other links that generally affect our credibility, are prohibited. Any other links, whether commercial or noncommercial, that may affect the Company’s credibility are prohibited.
3 Third party sites linked to this site are not under the control of the Company, and the Company shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages resulting from your viewing the contents of such third party sites or your use of advertisements, products, services, etc. within such sites.
Article 8 (Disclaimer)
1 The Company makes no warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the completeness, accuracy, reliability, usefulness, or safety of the contents, normal operation, or functionality of this Site or the Contents. In addition, the Company shall have no obligation to edit, manage, delete, etc., or provide users with the technical means necessary to edit, manage, delete, etc., the contents and functions of the Site and the Site Contents, etc.
2 Users shall use the Site at their own risk, and the Company shall not be liable for any direct or indirect losses incurred as a result of their use or inability to use the Site, unless such losses are caused by the Company’s willful misconduct or negligence.
3 Users shall use the Site upon acknowledging the following
(1) That the Site may be subject to change, interruption, delay, suspension, termination, or malfunction.
(2) Users are responsible for handling any problems with third parties or other users.
(3) Users are responsible for dealing with any problems arising from information obtained from third parties or transactions with third parties through this site.
(4) To exonerate the Company from responsibility for any of the above items.
4 The Company may suspend the provision of all or part of the Site due to the failure of telecommunication line facilities or systems, scheduled or emergency maintenance, or other reasons beyond the Company’s control, such as natural disasters, war, epidemics, or other force majeure, or for any other reasonable reason that prevents the Company from providing the Site, or for any other reason the Company deems necessary. The Company reserves the right to suspend provision of all or part of the Site for any reason it deems necessary.
Article 9 (Prohibited Matters)
Users shall not engage in any of the following acts with respect to this Site, or any act that encourages or induces, or may encourage or induce, any of the following acts. If we determine that a user has committed any of these acts, we may take measures such as suspending the provision of all or part of this site to the user in question without requiring notification to or approval by the user in question. The Company shall not be obligated to disclose the reason for such action.
1 Provision or redistribution of all or part of the Site Contents, etc. to a third party
2. Any act that infringes on the rights of the Company or any third party, including but not limited to reproduction (except for temporary electronic storage on a terminal while viewing), editing, processing, translation, adaptation, publication, reprinting, distribution, broadcasting, dictation, exhibition, sale, public transmission (including making transmittable, posting on an Internet website or intranet, etc.), or alteration of the Website Content, etc. (ii) Any act that infringes the rights of the Company or any third party, or any act of providing or redistributing to any third party any of the contents of this Site that have been made available through such acts.
(3) Use of this Site or the Site Contents, etc. for the purpose of fraud, profit, advertisement/declaration, or religious/political activities, or acts in preparation for such activities.
4 Data mining, using data collection and extraction tools such as robots, distributing harmful programs such as computer viruses, or distributing data infected with computer viruses
5. Actions that damage, degrade, or impair the reputation, reputation, or functionality of the Site (including actions that place an excessive burden on the Site’s server).
6. Infringement of the Company’s or a third party’s property, rights pertaining to honor, credit, likeness, privacy, or publicity, intellectual property rights such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other rights
7 Acts that violate laws, ordinances, public order and morals
8. Use of this Site by impersonating a third party.
9 Other acts that we deem inappropriate based on reasonable grounds
Article 11 (Changes to Policy, Website, etc.)
1 The Company may change this policy at any time without obtaining the prior consent of the user in any of the following cases. In making such changes, the Company will post on the Site a notice of such changes to the Policy, the content of the Policy after such changes and the effective date of such changes, prior to the effective date of such changes.
(1) When changes to this policy are compatible with the general interests of users
(2) When the modification of this policy does not conflict with the purpose of the use of this site by users and is reasonable in light of the necessity of the modification, the reasonableness of the modified content, the content of the modification, and other circumstances pertaining to the modification.
2 We reserve the right to change all or part of the Site, and to suspend or terminate the provision of the Site at any time.
3 If any provision of this policy is determined to be in violation of any law or regulation, or is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, each and every provision other than such provision shall remain in full force and effect.
Article 12 (Governing Law, Jurisdiction)
The establishment, validity, and interpretation of this Policy shall be governed by the laws of Japan. If any dispute arises between a user and the Company regarding this Policy or the Site, both parties shall consult with each other in good faith, but if the dispute cannot be resolved, the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance.
December 15, 2022 Effective date
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