Terms of Use
These terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms of Use") govern the use of all websites, sites, software, applications, products, documents and other products and services (hereinafter referred to as the "Services") provided under the service name of the website "Shikutoku" (hereinafter referred to as the "Site"). (hereinafter referred to as the "Organization") and the relationship of rights and obligations between the Organization and users. If you are a user of the Service, please be sure to read these Terms in their entirety before agreeing to them.
Article 1: Agreement to the General Provisions and Rules
These terms and conditions apply to all actions taken by users when using the services provided on this site. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of use for the Service. The User shall use the Service in accordance with these Terms. If the User is a minor, the User must obtain the consent of a legal representative such as a person with parental authority before using the Service. By using the Service, the User shall be deemed to have validly and irrevocably agreed to these Terms.Article 2 Definitions
The meanings of the terms used in this Agreement shall be as set forth in the relevant items.
Website: The website "Shikutoku" (http://shikutoku.me/)
Services: All services provided on the Website.
User: A person who browses the Website.
Information such as comments: text, URLs, images, etc. that can be posted using the Service
Information posting: The act of a user uploading information such as comments to this site.Article 3 Scope of this Agreement; Changes
These Terms of Use and any related rules and notices apply to the Site. In addition to these Terms, any other terms, conditions, or notices given by this site to users from time to time shall constitute a part of these Terms at the time of notice, and the user shall accept them.
This site reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason at the discretion of this site's management.
The amended Terms of Use shall be effective from the time they are displayed on this site, unless otherwise specified by this site.
If a user uses the service after the changes to the Terms of Use take effect, the user will be deemed to have agreed to all of the content of the revised Terms of Use.Article 4 Handling of Personal Information
This website will use the personal information it has acquired for the following purposes. However, if any of the items in Article 16, Paragraph 3 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information is applicable, the site may handle the user's personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use specified and announced in advance.
Indication of ID: This site will use IP addresses and other connection source information to indicate IDs when posting comments and other information.
Determination of duplicate votes: This site uses the user's IP address and other connection source information to determine duplicate votes for information such as comments.
Access analysis: This website uses Google
This site uses access analysis such as Google Analytics. The data collected by access analysis through this site will be managed in accordance with the privacy policy of each company that provides access analysis.
Display of advertisements: Third-party ad-serving companies, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your browsing history on this website. The use of cookies allows ad-serving companies and their partners to display advertisements to users based on their visits to the Site and other sites.
Dealing with violations of the Terms of Use: This site may prohibit access to, prohibit posting of, or delete all or part of comments or other information posted in violation of the Terms of Use.
Dealing with illegal activities: This site may take legal action in cooperation with the relevant authorities based on the IP address and other connection source information when information such as comments that appear to be illegal activities are posted.
If there is any other action that this site deems necessary to take.
As a general rule, this site will not provide the personal information of users to third parties without the consent of the users themselves. However, this does not apply to the following cases.
When required by law
When it is necessary to protect the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual.
When it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned.
When the provision of personal information is necessary for cooperating with a national agency, a local government, or a person or organization entrusted by either of the foregoing in executing affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the consent of the individual concerned is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.
When the information is entrusted to another business operator to which this site outsources its business within the scope necessary for the purpose of use in accordance with Article 23, Paragraph 4, Item 1 of the Personal Information Protection Law.
In the following cases, this site assumes no responsibility whatsoever for the acquisition of personal information by a third party.
When the user reveals his/her personal information to a third party through the functions of this site or other means.
When the user's personal information can be identified by the information the user has entered and disclosed on this site.Article 5 Confidentiality of Communications
This site shall protect the confidentiality of the user's communications in accordance with Article 4 of the Telecommunications Business Law (Law No. 86 of 1984).
In the following cases, this site shall not assume the obligation of confidentiality set forth in the preceding paragraph to the extent set forth in the respective items.
In the event of a compulsory disposition or court order based on the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) or the Act on Interception of Communications for Criminal Investigation (Act No. 137 of 1999).
Within the scope of the said disposition or court order In the case of a compulsory disposition based on laws and regulations Within the scope of the said disposition or order
In the event that this site determines that the requirements for a disclosure request based on Article 4 of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Disclosure of Identification Information of the Sender (Act No. 137 of 2001) have been met.
Within the scope of the said disclosure request When this site determines that it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of another person.
Within the scope necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of othersArticle 6 Maintenance of the usage environment
The User shall, at his/her own responsibility and expense, properly maintain all equipment, software, and communication means necessary to use the Service.
The User shall take security measures to prevent computer virus infection, unauthorized access, and information leaks according to the User's usage environment.
This site is not involved in, and is not responsible for, the user's usage environment.Article 7 Responsibility of the User
Users shall use the Service at their own risk, and shall take full responsibility for any and all actions taken using the Service and the results thereof.
The responsibility for information such as comments posted by users using this service lies with the users themselves. This site assumes no responsibility for the content of comments and other information posted by users using this service.
In the event that a user defames another person's reputation, violates privacy rights, discloses a third party's personal information without permission, commits an act that violates the Copyright Act (Act No. 48 of 1970), or otherwise infringes on another person's rights, the user in question must resolve the matter at their own responsibility and expense, and this site will not be held responsible in any way.
The user shall be aware that this site is not obligated to store any comments or other information posted by the user using this service, and shall back up any necessary comments or other information as appropriate.
This site only provides the function for users to post to this site on the Internet, and this site shall not be responsible for any actions or results of actions based on information obtained by users from this service (including information described in this service and information from linked sites).
Users shall use this service based on their own responsibility, and shall respond to any disputes or claims for compensation for damages for their actions through this service at their own expense and responsibility.Article 8 Prohibited Matters
Users shall not do any of the following when using this service. In the event that a user violates the prohibitions, the company may take adverse measures such as prohibiting access, prohibiting posting, deleting all or part of the information such as comments, or changing the scope of publication.
Acts that infringe or may infringe on the intellectual property rights, such as copyrights and trademark rights, of this site or others.
Actions that infringe, or may infringe, the property, privacy, or portrait rights of this site or others.
Actions that unfairly discriminate or slander this site or others, promote unfair discrimination against others, or damage the honor or trust of others.
Acts of using this service by claiming to be someone other than oneself, pretending to have the right to represent or act on behalf of others even though you do not, or falsely claiming to have a partnership or cooperative relationship with another person or organization.
Acts that are connected or may be connected to crimes such as fraud, abuse of controlled substances, child prostitution, and illegal trading of savings accounts and cell phones.
Acts that post, sell, advertise, or display comments or other information that is obscene, child pornography, or equivalent to child abuse.
Acts of use for the purpose of sexual intercourse, obscene acts, etc. Use of the site for the purpose of meeting people of the opposite sex who are not acquainted with each other.
Inducing or encouraging young people to run away from home.
Causing illegal gambling to take place, or soliciting participation in illegal gambling.
Engaging in, mediating, or soliciting illegal activities (such as transferring guns, manufacturing explosives, providing child pornography, forging official documents, murder, or threatening others).
Inducing or soliciting others to commit suicide.
Posting or displaying information such as comments that are equivalent to atrocities (murder, injury, or other cruel acts).
Posting or displaying comments or other information for the purpose of commercial advertising, promotion, or solicitation (including affiliate sites, infinite chain schemes (pyramid schemes), chain mail, MLM, lead mail, adult sites, one-click fraud sites, sites that aim to spread viruses or other harmful computer programs, etc.), or any other comments or other information that this site deems inappropriate.
Acts of posting contact information that identifies an individual, such as one's own or a third party's address, telephone number, or e-mail address.
Acts of posting spam comments, spam topics, or any other acts that this site deems to be spam.
Acts of illegally rewriting or deleting information stored in the facilities of this site.
Acts of transmitting or posting harmful computer programs, such as viruses.
Actions that place a burden on the server of this site or others, actions that interfere with the operation of this service or network system, or actions that may do so.
Posting links to this site for the purpose of encouraging such acts, knowing that such acts fall under any of the preceding items.
Actions that this site deems to be in violation of laws, public order and morals, or these Terms of Use, or to infringe on the rights of others.
Any other actions that this site deems inappropriate.Article 9 Addition, change, suspension, and termination of services
This site may add, modify, suspend, or terminate this service at any time and for any reason.Article 10 Usage Fees
The Site and the Services are free of charge.Article 11 Rights Regarding Comments and Other Information
Users who post comments and other information using this service shall guarantee to this site that the said comments and other information do not infringe on the rights of any third party.
In the unlikely event that a dispute of any kind arises with a third party, the user concerned shall resolve the issue at their own expense and responsibility, and shall not cause any inconvenience or damage to this site.Article 12 License to Use Comments and Other Information, etc.
The rights (copyrights, moral rights, and other peripheral rights) to information such as comments posted using this service belong to the user who created them.
Users who have posted comments or other information on this site shall grant the operator of this site and third parties authorized by the operator permission for secondary use (citation, reprint, reproduction, adaptation, use for research, development, investigation, etc.) of the comments or other information posted by the user.
When this site uses information such as comments in the form specified in the preceding paragraph, it shall be possible to omit part of the information.Article 13 Disclaimers
This site is not involved in the communications and activities of users. In the event of any disputes between users, such disputes shall be resolved between the users concerned, and this site shall not be responsible for such disputes.
In no event shall this site be liable for any damages resulting from additions or changes to the content of this service, or from the interruption or termination of this service. The same shall apply in the event of slowdown or failure of display speed due to excessive access or other unforeseen factors.
This site is not obligated to monitor or store any information such as comments posted by users.
This site is not responsible for the legality, morality, reliability, or accuracy of information such as comments posted by users.
This site is not responsible for the legality, morality, reliability, or accuracy of information such as comments posted by users, nor is it responsible for the compliance of information such as comments posted by users with the internal rules and regulations of the corporation or organization to which the user belongs.
In the event that this site determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an act or potential act in violation of these Terms of Use has taken place, this site shall not be liable for any damages arising from such act or potential act.
In the event that this site determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a user has committed or is likely to commit an act in violation of this Agreement, this site may prohibit the user from accessing or posting the information, delete all or part of the information such as comments, or change the scope of public disclosure, etc. However, this site shall not be liable for any damages resulting from such actions.
In the event that this Agreement falls under a consumer contract as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000), the provisions of this Agreement that completely exempt this site from liability for damages shall not apply. In this case, if the damages incurred by the user are based on the default or tort of this site, this site shall be liable for damages up to the amount of damages directly incurred by the user. However, this shall be limited to cases where there is intentional or gross negligence on the part of this site.Article 14 Authority to delete this site
In the following cases, regardless of whether or not the information in the comments, etc. is illegal or violates the terms of use, this site may take detrimental measures such as deleting all or part of the related comments, etc. or changing the scope of publication.
When information such as comments that photograph or depict the nudity of a person (including characters from manga, anime, etc., regardless of whether they are real people or not) is posted.
In the event that a public organization or expert (such as the national government, a local government, a reliability confirmation organization as defined in the guidelines of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Disclosure of Identification Information of the Senders, an Internet hotline center, an attorney, etc.) points out or expresses an opinion regarding information such as comments as being illegal, in violation of public order and morals, or infringing on the rights of others.
When a person claiming to be a rights holder reports that information such as comments infringes on his/her rights. However, this is limited to cases in which the person claiming to be the rights holder presents materials that can reasonably be judged to be the rights holder, and this site judges that the person is the rights holder after careful consideration by this site.Article 15 Validity of this Agreement and Other Terms of Use, etc.
Even if any part of the provisions of these Terms of Use or other terms of use is determined to be invalid under the law, the other provisions of these Terms of Use or other terms of use shall remain valid.
If any part of the provisions of these Terms of Use or other terms of use is held invalid or revoked in relation to any user, these Terms of Use or other terms of use shall remain valid in relation to the other users.Article 16 Dealing with violations of this Agreement
If you find an act that violates this Agreement, please report it from the Contact Us page.
In the event that a user is found to have violated this agreement, or in any other cases where this site deems it necessary, this site may take the following actions against the user
Demand that the user stop violating this Agreement and not repeat the same behavior.
Deleting all or part of the information such as comments, changing the scope of publication, or making the information unavailable for viewing (private).
Take measures to prohibit access or posting. To take legal action in cooperation with the relevant authorities based on the IP address and other connection source information.
The user shall not be able to object to the actions taken by this site in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, Article 14, and Paragraph 2 of this Article in response to acts that violate these Terms of Use.Article 17 Governing Law and Court of Jurisdiction The governing law of this Agreement shall be the laws of Japan.
In the event that a lawsuit arises between the user and this site, the Naha District Court shall be the exclusive jurisdictional court of first instance. Supplementary Provisions
These Terms of Use shall come into effect as of September 1, 2015.
These Terms of Use shall also apply to any actions taken by the User prior to the enforcement of these Terms of Use.