JapanKnowledge Lib Membership Terms for Academic Use outside Japan

This Membership Terms (and any associated regulations) sets forth the terms and conditions of the services (the “Services”) operated and provided by the JapanKnowledge Project of NetAdvance, Inc. (“NetAdvance”). This Membership Terms applies to any academic user (the “Member”) to the Services. THE MEMBER MAY NOT USE ANY OF THE SERVICES UNLESS AGREEING TO THIS MEMBERSHIP TERMS.

Section 1 (Membership, Changes and Termination)

  1. To use the Services, the Member needs to enroll its membership by completing the prescribed process. Upon the application process and NetAdvance’s acceptance of the Member’s enrollment, the Member may use the Services.
  2. The Member shall provide NetAdvance with true information required for enrollment, such as the Member’s name, address and e-mail address. NetAdvance may refuse the Member’s enrollment, or terminate the Member’s enrollment even after NetAdvance once accepts the Member’s enrollment:
    (1) If the User’s Guide or other materials mailed to the Member are returned to NetAdvance as addressee unknown or for any other reason;
    (2) If any information provided to NetAdvance at enrollment is found false, incorrect or omitted;
    (3) If the Member has violated any of the Membership Terms in the past;
    (4) If the Member has ever been subject to temporary suspension or termination of the enrollment to the Services;
    (5) If the Member is not eligible to execute legal act by itself and has not obtained consent of its guardian or other legal representative; or
    (6) If NetAdvance finds it inappropriate to provide the Member with the Services for any other reason.
  3. In case of any change to the Member’s address or other information provided to NetAdvance, the Member agrees to notify NetAdvance promptly. If the Member fails to change any information provided to NetAdvance and any material mailed to the Member is returned to NetAdvance, NetAdvance may terminate the Member’s enrollment.
  4. If the Member fails to complete information at its enrollment or to notify NetAdvance of any change to its information, it may not be able to use the Services or any other services NetAdvance provides. IN THE CASE WHERE THE MEMBER INCURS ANY DAMAGE UNDER THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES, NETADVANCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE THEREFOR.
  5. If the Member wishes to terminate its enrollment, it agrees to notify NetAdvance of such termination. IN THE CASE WHERE THE MEMBER INCURS ANY DAMAGES DUE TO LACK OF NOTICE TO TERMINATE ENROLLMENT, NETADVANCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE THEREFOR.

Section 2 (Use of the Services)

  1. The Member may use the Services to search and view the information for academic use.
  2. The Member may use the Services and print only one (1) hard copy of the data it views on the Services solely for academic use; provided that it may not (i) make further copy, (ii) edit any data contained in the hard copy it makes, or (iii) transfer any data to any third party, whether for consideration or not.
  3. Notwithstanding the proceeding clause, in case where the Member is non-profit educational institution, including, but not limited to, public or private school, the Member may copy and distribute copies of the data to class attendees for its classroom use, provided, however, that the number of copies may not exceed the ones to be separately agreed between NetAdvance and the Member.
  4. The Member may not use any Services in any manner other than those expressly provided in this Membership Terms.

Section 3 (Enrollment Fee and Subscription Fee)

  1. As a consideration for provision of the Services, the Member agrees to pay NetAdvance the enrollment fee separately provided, in a manner separately provided.
  2. Even if the Member uses the Services for less than one month, NetAdvance does not adjust the enrollment fee on a pro-rata basis.
  3. Except where NetAdvance terminates the Services under Section 8 c., NETADVANCE DOES NOT MAKE ANY REFUND OF THE SUBSCRIPTION FEE PAID TO NETADVANCE.
  4. If the Member delays in payment of the enrollment fee, NetAdvance takes measures to temporarily suspend the Member’s enrollment to the Services, and upon prior demand of performance, terminate the Member’s enrollment.
  5. Notwithstanding the terms of this Section, NetAdvance exempts the Member from payment of any fee during its trial period.

Section 4 (Static global IP address authentication)

    　　　　　　
  1. Subscribers may use the Service from their designated static global IP address.
    In this case, only users of the local area network having the relevant IP address can use the Service. Subscribers may also use a remote access environment that the subscriber has prepared in advance to allow users authorized by the subscriber to use the Services. However, in either case, the number of users using the Service simultaneously is limited to the number specified by the subscriber.
  2. In the case that Subscribers use the Service through a reverse proxy, they must do so by authenticating for all Services including in and below the JapanKnowledge domain.

Section 5 (Management and Use of ID and Password)

Subscribers who have difficulty meeting static global IP address authentication may in some cases be allowed to authenticate using ID/PW (a user ID and a password).

  1. In case that NetAdvance issues ID and password to the Member, the Member agrees to bear all responsibility for management and use of the ID and password.
  2. Only the Member may use the ID and password NetAdvance issues to it. The Member may not let any third party use, or transfer or otherwise dispose of to any other party, its ID and password.
  3. If the Member forgets its password, it needs to reset its password promptly. If the Member notifies NetAdvance that its ID and password need to be changed for such reason as unauthorized use by any third party, NetAdvance will invalidate the ID and password issued to it and issue it new ID and password.
  4. NETADVANCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THE MEMBER INCURS DUE TO ITS FORGETTING ITS PASSWORD, MISUSE OF ITS ID AND PASSWORD, INSUFFICIENT MANAGEMENT, IMPROPER USE BY THIRD PARTY OR ANY OTHER REASON.

Section 6 (Facilities)

The Member agrees to prepare and install any communication equipment, software, communication line and any other equipment and telecommunication services necessary to use the Services, at its responsibility and cost.

Section 7 (Prohibited Acts)

  1. In connection with the use of the Services, the Member may not:
    (1) Use any contents of the Services for other purposes than direct reference for academic use (e.g., later reference, distribution to any third party, making databases, etc.);
    (2) Use the Services with any other method than via the interface NetAdvance provides the Member for use of the Services;
    (3) Use any contents of the Services for unlawful or commercial purposes;
    (4) Let any third party use any contents of the Services;
    (5) Decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer, or otherwise analyze source code or protocol in connection with any contents of the Services;
    (6) Sell, distribute, use in book or other services, modify, publish in the name of any third party, any reproduction of any contents of the Services, or otherwise infringe any copyright, trademark right or other intellectual property right of NetAdvance or any of NetAdvance’s licensors, or commit any act likely to infringe said rights;
    (7) Access to the Services by executing any program giving instruction to any computer;
    (8) Commit any act of language analysis using a computer, such as data mining and/or text mining;
    (9) Commit any act of collecting, extracting, processing, analyzing or accumulating data from the Service using automated means such as crawling and scraping;
    (10) Download massive amount of any contents of the Services in short time;
    (11) Violate, or commit any act likely to violate, any proprietary rights, privacy rights or any other rights of NetAdvance or any third party;
    (12) Improperly use any ID or password by spoofing or otherwise, or cooperate with such use;
    (13) Commit any act constituting or likely to constitute a crime, such as illegal access or fraud;
    (14) Interfere with, or commit any act likely to interfere with, the operation of the Services, such as transmitting computer virus or spam mails, hacking, massive access, or altering information;
    (15) Commit any act involving learning by generative AI, etc. (artificial intelligence, search extension generation, RPA, programs, software, and the like, the same applying hereinafter.) or any act engaging in the development of generative AI, etc., or any acts for these purposes;
    (16) Damage the honor or credit of NetAdvance or any third party, or defame NetAdvance or any third party, or commit any act likely to constitute the foregoing;
    (17) Otherwise violate any law, regulation or this Membership Terms; or
    (18) Commit any act NetAdvance finds inappropriate for other reasons.
  2. THE MEMBER AGREES TO BE SOLELY LIABLE FOR ANY OF ITS ACT SET FORTH IN a. ABOVE.
  3. If the Member commits any act set forth in a. above, NetAdvance may take any necessary measures, upon warning to the Member or promptly without any warning, such as suspending its use of the Services. In this case, NetAdvance may terminate the Member’s enrollment without said or any prior notice or demand of performance.

Section 8 (Services Disclaimer)

  1. While the Service provides wide-ranging information such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and on current events, etc., the Service shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the Member or any third party due to use of or inability to use the Service.
  2. The content of the Service is, as far as possible, written and supervised by experts, and the Service strives to provide high-quality information to the Member. However, the Service does not guarantee the recency, accuracy, usability, etc. of the content, and the Service shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the Member or any third party due to the content.
  3. While the Service strives to provide content promptly and continuously, the Service is not liable for any damage incurred by the Member or any third party due to delays or interruptions in the provision of the content. In addition, the Service shall not be liable for the contents provided by the Service being displayed inaccurately on the Member’s computer due to communication equipment, software, telecommunication line or other equipment and facilities.
  4. NetAdvance shall not be liable for any malfunction or impairment resulting from the use of single sign-on, or any impairment associated with system administration or other security issues.
  5. The Service includes the URLs of many other sites to enhance its usability, but links to these sites do not indicate that they are managed and operated by NetAdvance or that they are affiliated with NetAdvance. NetAdvance shall therefore not be liable for any damage incurred by the Member or any third party due to the contents of linked sites. In addition, NetAdvance shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the Member or any third party due to the use of a link or the inability to use a link.
  6. If a business transaction between the Member and an advertiser or information provider is conducted based on a banner advertisement or search results of a publication search installed in the Service, the transaction shall be a transaction between the Member and the advertiser or information provider. Accordingly, NetAdvance shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the Member or any third party in connection with the execution, contents or performance of such a transaction or any other transaction.

Section 9 (Modification, Suspension and Termination of the Services)

  1. NetAdvance reserves the right to add, revise, eliminate or otherwise modify any of the Services without prior notice to the Member.
  2. NetAdvance may temporarily suspend the Services without notifying the Member for such reasons as maintenance check of the system for the Services or any unforeseeable event.
  3. NetAdvance may terminate the Services with no later than three months’ notice on the Services; provided that if the Member has already paid any fee for use of the Services after the termination, NetAdvance will calculate and refund the Member said amount without delay. If NetAdvance needs to make any refund, NetAdvance will notify the Member by e-mail, but if NetAdvance is unable to make refund for any reason without fault of NetAdvance, such as where NetAdvance is unable to notify the Member at the e-mail address provided to NetAdvance or where the Member does not respond to NetAdvance’s notice, duty of NetAdvance to make refund shall expire after one year from the date of termination of the Services.
  4. NETADVANCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE INCURRED BY ANY MEMBER FOR MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF THE SERVICES.

Section 10 (Personal Information)

  1. NetAdvance agrees not to use any personal information of the Member, including but not limited to the communication history of any Member, or disclose or provide them to any third party, except:
    (1) Where NetAdvance sends to the Member any e-mail, mail or other material for advertisement and promotion of NetAdvance’s businesses, surveys, or provision of services related to the Services;
    (2) Where NetAdvance discloses or provides information in a manner making it unable to specify the relevant individual;
    (3) Where NetAdvance is required to disclose or provide information under any law or disposition of any public organization, or where NetAdvance is permitted to disclose or provide information under any law;
    (4) Where it is necessary for clearance of enrollment fee for the Services;
    (5) Where it is necessary for resolution of any dispute with the relevant individual; or
    (6) Where NetAdvance has obtained prior consent of the relevant individual.
    (7) Where NetAdvance uses contractor information (excepting user’s personal information) for after service.
  2. In case of (1) in a. above, the Member may notify NetAdvance to stop sending the e-mails and other materials.
  3. Upon the Member’s inquiry or notice of wish to modify its information, NetAdvance will promptly respond to such inquiry or notice in reasonable manner.

Section 11 (Modification of the Membership Terms)

  1. NetAdvance reserves the right to modify this Membership Terms or enrollment fee separately provided, without any prior notice to the Member.
  2. Unless NetAdvance provides otherwise, any modification under a. above is effective upon publication on the website providing the Services, and thereafter the Membership Terms after the modification applies.
  3. The Member is deemed to have accepted the modified Membership Terms when it uses the Services after the modification takes effect.

Section 12 (Miscellaneous)

  1. All copyright and other intellectual property rights in and to the Services and any contents provided therein, shall belong to NetAdvance or its licensors.
  2. The Member may not assign any right, delegate any duty or transfer the contractual position under this Membership Terms, without prior written consent of NetAdvance.
  3. The indemnity under this Membership Terms shall not apply in case of NetAdvance’s willfulness or negligence, unless the Member is a corporation or other legal organization; provided that THE SCOPE OF NETADVANCE’S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES TO ANY MEMBER DUE TO NETADVANCE’S NEGLIGENCE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SUM OF ENROLLMENT FEE PAID BY SAID MEMBER DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO OCCURRENCE OF THE DAMAGES.
  4. All notices to the Member are made by sending e-mails to the e-mail address provided to NetAdvance. Even if the notices do not reach the Member for any reason not due to NetAdvance’s fault, such as insufficient provision of information or delay in change of information provided by the Member, the notices are deemed to have arrived upon transmission by NetAdvance.
  5. The formation, validity and interpretation of this Membership Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan.
  6. In case of any dispute in connection with this Membership Terms, it is agreed that the parties shall address in good faith any matter arising from or in connection with this Agreement through mutual consultation.

Supplementary Provision:

This Membership Terms shall be implemented from November 1, 2025