Japan Real Estate Insights Terms of Service

These Japan Real Estate Insights Terms of Service (“Terms”) set forth the matters that Users (as defined in Article 2, the same hereinafter) are required to comply with when using the Site (as defined in Article 2, the same hereinafter) provided by estie inc. (“Company”).

Article 1 Purpose

The purpose of these Terms is to set forth the terms and conditions of use of the Site and the rights and obligations between the Company and the User, and these Terms apply to all Users browsing or using the Site. By using the Site, the User is deemed to have agreed to these Terms.

Article 2 Definition

In these Terms, the following terms shall have the following meanings.

Site: Japan Real Estate Insights website provided by the Company
User(s): All users of the Site
Registered User(s): A User who has registered as a member on the Site in a manner prescribed by the Company
Authentication Information: ID, password, and other information to verify the Registered User’s right to use the Site
Paid Services: Information posted on the Site for which a fee is charged, and other paid services on the Site
Provided Information: All information (including but not limited to text, images, videos, and data) provided on the Site
Antisocial Forces: Boryokudan (organized crime groups), Boryokudan members, Boryokudan quasi-members, Boryokudan-related companies, corporate extortionists, and other groups or individuals who pursue economic benefits by using violence, force, or fraudulent methods, or similar persons
Cancel or Cancellation: Termination of membership as a Registered User

Article 3 Member Registration

The User may browse the Provided Information on the Site without registering as a member.
Notwithstanding the preceding Paragraph, registration may be required to browse the Provided Information. Users who wish to browse such Provided Information must register as a member in accordance with the procedures separately prescribed by the Company.

Article 4 Application for Registration

A User who wishes to become a Registered User must apply for registration in accordance with the Company’s prescribed procedures. Upon the Company’s approval of such application, the User who has made such application becomes a Registered User.
The Company may refuse to approve the application under the preceding Paragraph if the User falls under any of the following items (including cases in which the User is a director, officer or employee of a company or other organization that falls under any of the following items) or if the Company determines that the User falls under any of the following items. The Company will not disclose to the User the reason for rejecting the application.
1. If the registered information contains false statements, errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies, such as that the User is not a real person;
2. the User cannot be contacted by the contact information such as phone, fax, email, physical address that the User has provided to the Company;
3. the User directly or indirectly operates a website or service that is similar to or competes with the Site;
4. the Company determines that the User does not meet the qualifications for User registration, such as when the User has been suspended from using the services operated by the Company, including the Site, due to a violation of these Terms or for other reasons;
5. the User is associated with Antisocial Forces or conducts a business that violates public order and morals;
6. there is an impediment to the performance of the Company’s business or from a technical standpoint; or
7. other cases the Company deems inappropriate.

Article 5 Change of Registered Information

Registered User shall promptly notify the Company of any change in the registered information in accordance with the prescribed method.
The Company shall not be liable for any disadvantage or damage incurred by the Registered User as a result of the Registered User’s notification or failure of notification in the preceding paragraph.
The Company reserves the right to cancel a Registered User’s registration, suspend use of the Site, or take other actions based on the Company’s review of the changes to the registered information.

Article 6 Management of Authentication Information

The Registered User shall manage and store its Authentication Information for the Site at its own responsibility, and shall not allow use, lend, transfer, change the name of, or sell such information to any third party.
The Registered User shall be responsible for any damages caused by inadequate management, misuse, or use by third parties of the Authentication Information and the Company shall not be liable for any such damages.

Article 7 Usage Fees

There shall be no charge for the use of the Site.
Notwithstanding the preceding Paragraph, the Company may provide Paid Services and may change the scope of Paid Services. Paid Services require User registration in accordance with the terms and conditions separately prescribed by the Company. Registered Users must pay the usage fees for Paid Services in the manner prescribed by the Company when using Paid Services.

Article 8 Prohibited Matters

Users shall not engage in any of the following acts in connection with the use of the Site:

violation of a part or all of these Terms;
commercial use of Provided Information (in whole or in part), including reproduction, processing, conversion, sale, etc., without the Company’s approval;
acts that infringe or may infringe the rights of the Company or any third party;
use of the Site by impersonating a third party;
providing factually incorrect or fictitious information;
acts that violate laws and regulations or are related to criminal activities;
transmitting or displaying content that is offensive to others;
acts that interfere with the use or operation of the facilities of others or the facilities for the Site (including communication facilities, communication lines, computers, and other equipment and software provided by the Company to provide the Site);
transmission of computer viruses or other harmful programs to the servers managed by the Company;
reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise modifying the Site or any software or programs, etc. used in connection with the Site;
downloading the Provided Information for an improper purpose or in an improper manner (including, but not limited to, downloading in a quantity or frequency that is clearly abnormal in light of the purpose of use, searching, extracting, or downloading content using programs such as crawlers, bots, and spiders, and web scraping);
collecting personal information of others without their consent or by fraudulent means;
acts that violate laws and regulations, these Terms, or public order and morals, obstruct the operation of the Site, damage the Company’s reputation, infringe the Company’s property, or cause any disadvantage or damages to the Company or other parties;
redistributing, renting, or selling the Site to others, except with the Company’s approval;
using the defects or failures of the Site for illegitimate purposes, or transmitting them to others;
assigning, having a third party assume, or providing for security interest all or part of the User’s status, rights or obligations under these Terms;
acts that cause disadvantage or damage to other Users of the Site or other third parties;
establishing or providing same or similar services as the Site; or
other acts that the Company deems inappropriate.

Article 9 Modification, Suspension, or Termination of the Site

The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Site, in whole or in part, at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User or any third party as a result thereof.

Article 10 Advertisement

The Company may post advertisements of the Company’s services and third-party advertisements on the Site.
The Company makes no warranty as to the content or accuracy of the posted advertisements, and is not obligated to verify the accuracy or currency of the advertisements or to update the advertisements in any way. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User or any third party in connection with the advertisements.

Article 11 Ownership of Rights

All rights including copyright, trademark right, and other intellectual property rights related to the Provided Information belong to the Company or third parties that have licensed their rights to the Company, and the User shall not reproduce, transfer, lend, transmit, distribute, publish, or make business use, etc. the Provided Information beyond the scope necessary to use the Site in accordance with these Terms without the Company’s approval.
The User shall not, for any reason, engage in any conduct that may infringe upon the copyrights or other intellectual property rights or any other rights of the Company or any right holder who has licensed the use of such rights to the Company.

Article 12 Exemption from Liability

The completeness, accuracy, certainty, validity, safety, and fitness for purpose of the Provided Information are the sole responsibility of the User and the User shall use the Provided Information at its own risk and decision. The Company shall not be liable for any issues arising from the content of the Provided Information.
The Company may post information about various events on the Site. Such information is based on announcements made by the organizers of such events. The Company does not guarantee the accuracy or currency of such information and is not obligated to verify the accuracy or currency of such information or to update the information in any way. The Company assumes no responsibility for any changes or cancellations of such events. The Company assumes no responsibility for information on sites linked from the Site, or for any issues arising from the content of such sites.
The Company shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages resulting from the User’s use or inability to use the Site. The User shall be solely responsible and bear all costs and expenses to resolve the matter if the User causes any damages to third parties in connection with the User’s use of the Site.
The User agrees in advance that, in the event that the Company is liable to the User or any third party for any reason, including, but not limited to, when the exemption from liability under these Terms does not apply due to the provisions of laws or regulations, the maximum amount of damages that the Company may be held liable for shall in no event exceed 5,000 yen, unless the Company’s liability is due to wilful conduct or gross negligence. The User fully understands and accepts in advance that the Company will not provide the Site unless the User agrees to this maximum amount.

Article 13 Notification to User

Notification from the Company to the User shall be made by posting on the Site, by email, or by any other means deemed appropriate by the Company.
If the Company notifies the User by posting on the Site or by email in accordance with the preceding Paragraph, the notice shall become effective at the time it is posted on the Site or sent by email.

Article 14 Cancellation

If the Registered User wishes to Cancel the membership, the Registered User must follow the Company’s prescribed Cancellation procedures, and the Cancellation will be effective upon the Company’s approval.

Article 15 Suspension of Use

The Company may, without prior notice or demand, suspend the User’s use of the Site and terminate the Registered User’s registration if the Company determines that the User falls under any of the following items:
1. the Company receives a claim or demand from another party in connection with the User’s use of the Site, and the Company deems it necessary;
2. the User cannot be contacted by phone, fax, email, mail or other means;
3. the User is criminally punished for violations of laws and regulations;
4. the User suspends payment or is insolvent;
5. a bill or check is dishonored;
6. a petition for seizure, provisional seizure, or auction is filed, or the User is subject to a disposition for delinquent taxes and public dues;
7. a petition for bankruptcy or civil rehabilitation is filed, or if there is a serious concern about the credit standing of the User;
8. the Company determines that there has been or is likely to be a violation of Article 8;
9. the User belongs to, falls under, or is associated with Antisocial Forces;
10. in addition to the preceding items, any violation of these Terms; or
11. other cases where the Company deems it necessary.
If the Company determines that the User falls under any of the items of the preceding Paragraph, or if the Company receives a claim or demand from a third party regarding the User’s use of the Site and the Company deems it necessary, the Company may request the User’s cooperation in investigating such matters, and the User shall cooperate with the Company’s investigation.
In the event the Company suspends the use of the Site, the User’s obligations will become due immediately, and the User will be obligated to fulfill all obligations owed to the Company at that time, regardless of the nature of the obligation.
In the event that the Company suffers damages due to the User’s violation of Article 8 or due to the User falling under any of the items of Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Company may claim compensation for the damages to the User, regardless of whether or not the use of the Site by the User is suspended.
The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User as a result of the suspension of use of the Site by the Company.

Article 16 Amendment to these Terms

The Company reserves the right to amend these Terms as necessary. The amended Terms shall become effective at the time the Company posts them on the Site or publishes them in a manner separately determined by the Company, or at a time separately determined by the Company, and the User shall comply with the amended Terms.

Article 17 Elimination of Antisocial Forces

The Company and the User hereby affirm that they or their Special Interested Parties are not Antisocial Forces; that they are not cooperating or participating in the maintenance or operation of Antisocial Forces through funding or similar activities; and that they have no interaction or relationship with Antisocial Forces at any time in the past, at present, or in the future. In this Article, “Special Interested Parties” means directors, officers and employees, or any other similar legal entity or individual.
In the event that the Company or the User violates the provisions of the preceding Paragraph, the other party may immediately suspend the use of the Company’s Site, and the Company or the User shall immediately compensate the other party or a third party for any damages incurred by them.

Article 18 Handling of Personal Information

The Company shall properly handle the personal information provided by the User in providing the Site in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy. In addition, the Company may send email newsletters, advertisements, etc. of the Site to the User via email and other means, and the User agrees to this.

Article 19 Governing Law and Exclusive Jurisdiction

The laws of Japan shall govern the formation, validity, performance, and interpretation of these Terms. In the event of any dispute between the Company and the User in connection with the Site or these Terms, the Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance.

Article 20 Severability

If any provision of these Terms, or any part thereof, is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under any law or regulation, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Article 21 Consultation

In the event of any matter not stipulated in these Terms or any question arising from their interpretation, the Company and the User shall attempt to resolve such matter through good faith consultation.