SUPPLIERS’ TERMS OF USE

1. APPLICATION

These terms of use shall apply to all relationships between you and us related to using this Service.

2. USER REGISTRATION

To complete your user registration in accordance with our regulations, you need to receive approval from us. In accordance with the following reasons, we may not approve your registration, and shall not be obliged to disclose any of the reasons.

• When applying for user registration with false information.
• When the application is from a user who has violated these terms of use.
• If you are a minor, adult ward, person under curatorship, or person under assistance, and have not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant.
• If we determine that you are part of antisocial forces, such as antisocial organizations, terrorist organizations, criminal organizations, or right-wing organizations. In the event that we determine that you are involved in or interact in any way with antisocial forces through funding or other means, such as maintaining, operating, or managing them.
• When we judge that your user registration is not appropriate.

3. MANAGEMENT OF USER ID AND PASSWORD

You shall manage your user ID and password for this Service at your own responsibility. You may not transfer or lend your user ID and password to third parties under any circumstances. If a user logs in with a combination of user ID and password that matches your registered information, we shall consider the use of this Service to be by you.

4. PROHIBITED MATTERS

You must not engage in the following acts when using this Service.

• Acts which violate laws and regulations or public order and morals.
• Acts which are related to criminal acts.
• Acts which vandalize or interfere with our server or network functionality.
• Acts which may interfere with the operation of this Service.
• Acts which collect or accumulate other users’ personal information.
• Acts which impersonate other users.
• Acts which directly or indirectly provide benefits to antisocial forces in connection with this Service.
• Acts which infringe on this Service’s other users’, third parties’, or our intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy, honor, other rights, or interests.
• Acts which post or transmit the following expressions which are offensive to others.
  • Excessively violent expressions and explicit sexual expressions.
  • Discriminatory expressions based on race, nationality, beliefs, gender, social status, or ethnic origin.
  • Expressions which induce or encourage suicide, self-injury, or substance abuse.
  • Expressions which contain antisocial content.
• Using this Service for the following acts in contrary to this Service’s intended purposes.
  • Sales, publicity, advertising, solicitation, or other commercial activities (excluding those approved by us).
  • Sexual or obscene acts.
  • Acts for which the purpose is to meet and form relationships with other users.
  • Acts which harass or slander other users.
  • Acts which use this Service for different purposes from the intended purpose of this Service.
• Religious activities or solicitations to join religious organizations.
• Other acts which we deem inappropriate.

5. SUSPENSION OF PROVISION OF THIS SERVICE

We may suspend or discontinue the provision of all or part of this Service without prior notice to you if we determine that any of the following reasons exist.

• When performing maintenance, inspection, or updating of the computer system related to this Service.
• When it becomes difficult to provide this Service due to irresistible forces, such as an earthquake, lightning strike, fire, power outage, or natural disaster.
• When the computer or communication line stops due to an accident.
• When we determine that it is difficult to provide this Service for any other reason.

Regardless of the reason, we shall not be liable for any disadvantage or damage suffered by you or third parties due to the suspension or interruption of this Service provision.

6. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE AND CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION

In the following cases, we may delete the posted data, restrict the use of all or part of this Service to you, or cancel your user registration without prior notice.

• If you violate any provision of these terms of use.
• When it turns out that there is a false fact in your registered information.
• When a petition for bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganization, or special liquidation proceeding is filed.
• When we judge that the use of this Service is not appropriate.

In the case where any of the items in the preceding paragraph apply, you will lose the profit of the deadline for all the debts owed to us, and shall immediately repay all debts owed at that time in a lump sum. In addition, we shall not take any responsibility for any damage incurred by you as a result of our actions in accordance with these terms of use.

7. DISCLAIMER AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

We make no warranty explicitly or implicitly in this Service that there are no de facto or legal defects, such as safety, reliability, accuracy, integrity, effectiveness, suitability for specific purposes, security defects, errors, bugs, or infringement of rights. We do not take responsibility for any damage incurred by you due to this Service. However, if the contract between you and us regarding this Service (including these terms of use) constitutes a consumer contract stipulated in the Consumer Contract Act, this disclaimer does not apply. Even in the cases specified in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, we shall not be liable for any damage from special circumstances caused to you (including when you or we foresaw or could have foreseen the occurrence of damage) due to default or illegal acts by our negligence (this excludes gross negligence). In addition, compensation for damage caused to you due to default or illegal acts by our negligence (excluding gross negligence) shall be limited to the amount of the usage fee received from you in the month in which the damage occurred. Regarding this Service, we are not responsible for any transactions, communication, or disputes which may arise between you and other users or third parties.

8. CHANGES IN SERVICE CONTENTS

We may change the contents of this Service or discontinue the provision of it without notifying you. We shall not be liable for any damage incurred by you as a result of such changes.

9. CHANGES TO TERMS OF USE

We may change these terms of use at any time without notifying you if it is necessary.

10. NOTIFICATION AND CONTACT

Notifications or contact between you and us shall be made in a manner determined by us.

11. PROHIBITION OF TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

Without prior written consent from us, you may not transfer your status under the usage contract or your rights and/or obligations under these terms of use to third parties as well as use them as collateral.

12. GOVERNING LAW / JURISDICTION

These terms of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Japanese law. If any disputes arise regarding this Service, the court having jurisdiction over the location of our head office shall have exclusive jurisdiction.