Privacy Policy
This English translation is provided for reference. If there is any difference between the Japanese and English versions, the Japanese version prevails.
This site recognizes the importance of protecting our users' personal information. We comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (the "Act") and strive to handle and protect personal information appropriately in accordance with the following privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy").
1. Definition of personal information
In this Privacy Policy, personal information means personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Act: information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual by the name, date of birth or other descriptions contained in it (including information that can easily be matched with other information and thereby identify a specific individual), or information that contains an individual identification code.
2. Purposes of use
This site uses users' personal information for the following purposes:
(1) To provide the services of this site
(2) To send information about the services of this site and respond to inquiries
(3) To provide information about products and services of this site
(4) To respond to acts that violate the terms, policies, etc. of this site relating to its services (the "Terms")
(5) To notify users of changes to the Terms
(6) To improve the services of this site and develop new services
(7) To create statistical data, processed so that individuals cannot be identified, in connection with the services of this site
(8) For other purposes incidental to the above
3. Changes to the purposes of use
This site may change the purposes of use of personal information within a scope reasonably considered to be related, and will notify or publicly announce any change to users.
4. Limits on use
Except as permitted by the Act or other laws, this site will not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use without the user's consent. However, this does not apply in the following cases:
(1) When required by law
(2) When necessary to protect a person's life, body or property and it is difficult to obtain the user's consent
(3) When especially necessary to improve public health or promote the sound growth of children and it is difficult to obtain the user's consent
(4) When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or a party entrusted by them in carrying out duties prescribed by law, and obtaining the user's consent is likely to interfere with those duties
5. Proper acquisition
This site acquires personal information properly and does not acquire it by deception or other wrongful means.
6. Security management
This site provides necessary and appropriate supervision of its staff so that personal information is managed securely against risks such as loss, destruction, alteration and leakage. When this site entrusts all or part of the handling of personal information to another party, it provides necessary and appropriate supervision so that the entrusted party manages the personal information securely.
7. Provision to third parties
Except where disclosure is permitted under the Act or other laws, this site will not provide personal information to third parties without the user's prior consent. However, the following cases do not count as provision to third parties:
(1) When personal information is provided as part of entrusting all or part of its handling within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use
(2) When personal information is provided as part of the succession of business due to a merger or other reasons
(3) When personal information is used jointly in accordance with the Act
(4) When a civil dispute arises and it is necessary to provide the information to the parties concerned to resolve it
8. Disclosure
When a user requests disclosure of personal information under the Act, this site will confirm that the request comes from the user in person and disclose it without delay (if the personal information does not exist, we will notify the user of that). However, this does not apply where this site is not obliged to disclose under the Act or other laws.
9. Correction
When a user requests, under the Act, correction, addition or deletion (a "Correction") of their personal information on the grounds that it is not true, this site will confirm that the request comes from the user in person, investigate without delay within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use, make the Correction based on the results, and notify the user (if we decide not to make a Correction, we will notify the user of that). However, this does not apply where this site is not obliged to make a Correction under the Act or other laws.
10. Suspension of use
When a user requests, under the Act, suspension of use or erasure (a "Suspension") of their personal information on the grounds that it is being handled beyond the published purposes of use or was acquired by deception or other wrongful means, and the request is found to be justified, this site will confirm that the request comes from the user in person, carry out the Suspension without delay, and notify the user. However, this does not apply where this site is not obliged to carry out a Suspension under the Act or other laws.
11. Use of cookies and other technologies
(1) The services of this site may use cookies and similar technologies. These help this site understand how its services are used and improve them. Users who wish to disable cookies can do so by changing their web browser settings. However, if cookies are disabled, some functions of the services of this site may not be available.
(2) To study and analyze how the services of this site are used, this site uses Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC. For how data is collected and processed by Google Analytics and other details, please see Google's website.
- Google Analytics Terms of Service: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
If you do not want your data to be used by Google Analytics, please use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provided by Google.
- Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
(3) This service has enabled "Google Analytics Advertising Features" and uses the following features, with third-party cookies such as the DoubleClick cookie, for advertising and site improvement.
- Google Analytics Remarketing
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports
This allows this service to use Google Analytics cookies to roughly analyze users' age, gender, browsing history and interests related to this service.
If you do not want "Google Analytics Advertising Features" to be used, you can disable tracking in your settings. Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on in your browser will also disable it.
12. Inquiries
For requests for disclosure, opinions, questions, complaints and other inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact this site using its contact details or the inquiry form on the site.
13. Continuous improvement
This site reviews how it handles personal information from time to time, strives to improve continuously, and may change this Privacy Policy as necessary.
2025.08.21 (revised)
2023.10.14