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Agreement between User and Japan Reference (JREF)

1. Acceptance of Terms

Japan Reference (JREF) provides its services to you, subject to the following Terms of Use ("ToU"), which may be updated or altered from time to time without prior notice. By using our services, you agree to all of these terms, conditions, and notices without modification.

2. Use of Services

JREF maintains this website (the "Site") as a service to its Users. The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. JREF invites Users to visit its Site and download and copy information, documents and materials (collectively, the "Materials") from the Site for personal, non-commercial use without the right to resell, redistribute or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the ToU outlined below. Use of this Site is at Users sole risk.

3. Disclaimer

Materials provided on this Site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. JREF does not make any warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. JREF periodically adds, changes, improves or updates the Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances shall JREF be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered which is claimed to result from this Site, including, without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall JREF be liable for any direct, indirect, statutory, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or damages for loss of use, profits, data or other intangibles, or the cost of procurement of substitute goods or services, arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, unauthorized use, performance or non-performance of the Site, even if JREF has been advised previously of the possibility of such damages and whether such damages arise in contract, negligence, tort, under the statute, in equity, at law or otherwise.

User expressly acknowledges and agrees that JREF is not liable for any conduct of any User (including Team Members).

This Site may contain various information and content providers' advice, opinions, and statements. JREF does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider or content provider or any User of this Site or other person or entity. Reliance upon such opinion, advice, statement or other information shall also be at the User's own risk. Neither JREF nor any of its information providers or content providers shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, timeliness, completeness, deletion, defect, failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of, or use of any content herein, regardless of cause, for any damages resulting therefrom. As a condition of use of this Site, User agrees to indemnify JREF from and against any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses arising out of User's use of this Site, including, without limitation, any claims alleging facts that, if true would constitute a breach by User of these ToU, User'ss sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Site.

4. Links to Third-Party Web Sites

This Site contains links to third-party websites. These linked sites are not under the control of JREF, and JREF is under no circumstances responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. JREF provides these links only as a convenience and as a service to Users, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked Site by JREF.

Furthermore, User agrees to use bulletin boards, access to mailing lists, or other message or communication facilities (collectively," For"”) contained by this Site only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, User agrees that when using a Forum, User shall not do any of the following:

  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as the right of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.
  • Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
  • Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another computer.
  • Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
  • Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Advertise or offer to sell goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, chain letters or pyramid schemes.
  • Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such a manner.
  • Collect or store personal data about other Users.

User acknowledges that all Fora are public and not private communications. Further, the User acknowledges that JREF does not endorse other Users' postings, e-mails and other communications. Such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by JREF. JREF reserves the right to remove without notice any contents of the Fora received from Users, including e-mail and bulletin board postings.

5. Submission, Deletion and Rejection of Web Sites

JREF maintains a web directory to provide links to websites related to all aspects of Japan. JREF invites Users to submit relevant sites owned or created by them or relevant third-party links for indexing. The user acknowledges that JREF has the right, but not the obligation, to reject any link submitted to JREF at its sole discretion. Without limitation of the preceding, JREF reserves the right to reject and delete any Materials that violate the ToU or are otherwise objectionable. Further, User acknowledges that JREF may preserve Materials and may also disclose Materials if required by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with legal process.
  • Enforce the ToU.
  • Respond to claims that Materials violatethird-parties' ' rights.
  • Protect the rights, property, or personal safety of JREF, its users and the public.

6. Copyright Notice

Copyright © 1999-2024 Japan Reference (JREF)

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