Privacy Policy

This site is committed to protecting your personal information. We comply with Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information and handle personal information appropriately in accordance with 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 Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information — that is, information about a living individual that can identify a specific person by name, date of birth, or other description contained in the information (including information that can be readily cross-referenced with other information to identify a specific person), or information containing an individual identification code.

2. Purposes of Use

This site uses your personal information for the following purposes:

(1) To provide the services of this site

(2) To respond to inquiries and provide information about this site’s services

(3) To inform you about products and services offered through this site

(4) To respond to conduct that violates this site’s terms or policies

(5) To notify you of changes to this site’s terms or policies

(6) To improve this site’s services and develop new services

(7) To create statistical data, processed so that individuals cannot be identified, related to this site’s services

(8) For other purposes incidental to the above

3. Changes to the Purpose of Use

This site may change the purpose of use of personal information within a scope reasonably related to the original purpose, and will notify or publicly announce any such change.

4. Restrictions on Use

Except as permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other applicable laws, this site will not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use without your consent — except in the following cases: (1) where required by law; (2) where necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and obtaining consent is difficult; (3) where particularly necessary for public health or child welfare and obtaining consent is difficult; or (4) where cooperation with a national or local government body carrying out statutory duties is required, and obtaining consent would impede that duty.

5. Proper Acquisition

This site acquires personal information appropriately and will not acquire it through deceptive or otherwise improper means.

6. Security Management

This site provides necessary and appropriate supervision of its staff to ensure the security of personal information against loss, destruction, falsification, and leakage. Where this site outsources all or part of the handling of personal information, it provides necessary and appropriate supervision of the contractor to ensure equivalent security.

7. Provision to Third Parties

This site will not provide personal information to third parties without your prior consent, except where disclosure is permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other applicable laws. The following are not considered provision to a third party: (1) outsourcing all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use; (2) provision of personal information in connection with a business succession due to merger or other reasons; and (3) joint use in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

8. Disclosure of Personal Information

Where you request disclosure of personal information under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, this site will confirm that the request is from you personally and disclose the information without delay (or notify you if no such information exists), except where this site is not obligated to disclose under the Act or other applicable laws.

9. Correction of Personal Information

Where you request correction, addition, or deletion of personal information on the grounds that it is inaccurate, this site will confirm that the request is from you personally, conduct any necessary investigation without delay within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use, act on the results, and notify you accordingly — except where this site is not obligated to do so under the Act or other applicable laws.

10. Suspension of Use

Where you request suspension of use or deletion of personal information on the grounds that it is being handled beyond the scope of its stated purpose, or was acquired through improper means, this site will — upon confirming the request is from you personally and finding it justified — suspend use or delete the information without delay and notify you accordingly, except where this site is not obligated to do so under the Act or other applicable laws.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This site’s services may use cookies and similar technologies to help us understand how the services are used and to improve them. You can disable cookies through your browser settings, though doing so may limit some functionality of this site.

This site uses Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC, to study and analyze how its services are used. For details on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please see Google’s own sites: the Google Analytics Terms of Service, how Google uses data when you use partner sites or apps, and the Google Privacy Policy. If you do not want your data used by Google Analytics, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

This service also has Google Analytics’ advertising features enabled, including Google Analytics remarketing and demographics/interest reporting, which use third-party cookies such as DoubleClick cookies for advertising and site improvement. This lets us approximate visitors’ age, gender, browsing history, and interests related to this service. If you do not want these advertising features used, you can disable tracking via your settings or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on.

12. Ongoing Improvement

This site periodically reviews how it handles personal information and works to continuously improve its practices, and may revise this Privacy Policy as needed.