Terms and Conditions
News Items
Our Company does not make any claims for accuracy of news reports we receive from third party sources including but not limited to news organizations or individuals. We do not knowingly publish any false information. If any of our news is found to be false or erroneous, we will gladly publish corrections if the errors are brought to our attention.
We reserve the right to edit any news or information received according to our editorial needs. We will not edit anything in such a way as to be misleading or that would fundamentally alter the accuracy or intent of the original information.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
Reference herein to any products, services, processes, hypertext links to third parties or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by our company. Product and service information is the sole responsibility of each individual vendor. Users of our site must refer to the product and service information of the specific vendor for such purposes.
Copyright of the content
Our company holds the copyright of all content on the site unless expressly stated otherwise. Regarding names of companies and products in the articles, their copyrights belong to the companies concerned. Any reprint or copy of any content from our site is strictly prohibited except with the express prior permission of our company in each instance. Our company has the right to make changes and updates to any information contained within this Website and/or server without prior notice.
Conduct of User
User shall use the Website for lawful purposes only. User shall not post or transmit through the Website any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without our company’s express prior approval in each instance, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a User that in our company’s discretion restricts or inhibits any other user from using the Website will not be permitted. User shall not use the Website to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become users of other on-line services competitive our company. User shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Website any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with user. User shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of the Website, User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted our company the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. User also permits any other user to access, view, store, or reproduce the material for that user's personal use. User hereby grants our company the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on the Website by user.}
Exclusion of liability
Our company does not assume or bear any liability for reparation for any losses between users and content providers of any kind (including but not limited to companies, schools and other organizations, etc.), or between users, that relate to the articles, advertisements, products and services on the site. THE USER OF THIS WEBSITE ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND ITS SERVER(S) AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY. OUR COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION ACCESSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM, OR VIA, THIS WEBSITE, SERVER(S) OR THE INTERNET, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. OUR COMPANY DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, APPARATUS, PRODUCT OR PROCESS DISCLOSED ON THE WEBSITES, SERVER(S) OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE WEBSITES AND/OR SERVER(S). NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO EVENT SHALL JAPAN NETWORK GROUP, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE, SERVER(S) OR THE INTERNET GENERALLY. IF YOU RESIDE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, INFORMATION PUBLISHED AT THE WEBSITES MAY REFER TO PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS OR SITES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
Indemnification
You agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless Japan Network Group, Inc. from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) that arise from: any violation of this Agreement by you; any violation of any rights of a third party by you; any violation of applicable law; information or content that you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Website(s); or your use of the Website(s).
Links and Linking
Our company prohibits links or linking to the Websites with any other site without our express prior written consent in each instance. Anyone permitted by our company to link to the Websites must strictly comply with all applicable laws and the terms hereof.
Governing Law
This Agreement is governed by and must be construed under the laws of the States of New York. The federal and state courts of New York City, New York have exclusive jurisdiction over and venue of any suit that relates to this Agreement.
Amendment of Terms.
Our Company shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions hereof, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on the Websites, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which user obtains notice thereof. Any use of the Websites after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by User of such changes, modifications or additions.
General Provisions
If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by a court to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of our company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Our company reserves the right to disclose any information, including registration data, in order to comply with any applicable laws and/or requests under legal process. The provisions of our Privacy Policy are incorporated herein by reference. Our company shall not be in default by reason of any failure in performance of this Agreement or the services provided via the Websites if such failure arises, directly or indirectly, out of causes reasonably beyond the direct control, including but not limited to, default by subcontractors or suppliers, acts of God or of the public enemy, terrorism, U.S. or foreign governmental acts in either a sovereign or contractual capacity, labor, fire, flood, epidemic, restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and/or banking and financial institution interruption.