【Tentative translation】
National Institute of Informatics Academic Content Service Usage Regulations[Established March 22, 2005]
Revised March 27, 2009
January 28, 2014
October 1, 2014
October 22, 2015
April 1, 2016
March 16, 2017
January 20, 2022

Article 1 (Objective)
These Regulations apply to the Academic Content Services (meaning each of the services
specified in Article 3, Clause 1; hereinafter referred to as the "Services") provided by the InterUniversity Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems(hereinafter referred to as the " Research Organization of Information and Systems "). The
purpose of this document is to set forth the necessary matters applicable between theResearch Organization of Information and Systems and the users of the Service (hereinafterreferred to as the "User").
This service is provided by the National Institute of Informatics (hereinafter referred to as the"Institute"), a research organization of the Research Organization of Information and Systems.
This service is planned, operated, and managed in general by the Institute, so the Institute isused as the main expression in these rules.
Article 2 (Compliance with Regulations)
The User must agree to these Regulations in order to be able to use it, and each User shall bedeemed to have so agreed at the time that User commences usage of the Service.
Article 3 (Definitions)
1. These Regulations shall apply uniformly to the services listed in Attached Table 1 (if thename or content of the services is changed for any reason, the services after the change
shall be included).
2. Matters such as the scope of information (hereinafter referred to as the “AcademicInformation”) provided by the Service and the method of using it shall be determined at thejudgment of the Institute.
3. Details regarding the use of CiNii Research in Attached Table 1 are stipulated in theNational Institute of Informatics CiNii Research Usage Detailed Regulations (hereinafterreferred to as "CiNii Research Usage Detailed Regulations").
Article 4 (Purpose of using the Service)
The Service shall be used by the User wishing to use it for their own academic research, andthe User agrees not to use it for any other purpose.
Article 5 (Copyright of academic information, etc.)
1. The copyright of the Academic Information is held by each Academic Information provider,and the copyright of databases related to Academic Information, screen display indexes andlinks, etc. is held by the Institute or a person designated by the Institute.
2. The Users may search, browse, and download the Academic Information within the scopeof the purposes of use specified in the preceding article. However, if the permission of thecopyright or other right holder has not been obtained for such use, the following acts shall not
be performed.
(i) Copying, modifying, translating and editing.
(ii) Regardless of whether this service is paid or free of charge, and regardless of the recording
format of the media, the copy obtained based on the proviso of the previous issue is provided,
distributed, lent, transferred and publicly transmitted to others. (Including the act of placing
it in a state where automatic public transmission is possible.)(iii) To store on a server etc. that can be shared by others and use it even if it is a copy
downloaded based on the proviso of Paragraph 1.
(ⅳ) To delete or modify Indications of authors’ and other names, trademarks, service marks
etc. displayed by the providers of academic information.
(v) In addition to the acts prescribed in item 4 above, acts that infringe the copyright ofacademic information.
Article 6 (Matters to be complied with by the User)
When using the Service, the User must comply with the matters described in each of thefollowing items.
(i) The User must not infringe the property rights, privacy, or other rights of other persons.

(ii) The User must not abuse or defame other persons or commit any act that subjects otherpersons to inconvenience, disadvantage, etc.
(iii) The User must not commit any act that violates public order or morals or laws orregulations, such as by disseminating obscenities or falsehoods.
(ⅳ) The User must not commit any act that gains improper access, such as through improperuse of user IDs or passwords of other persons.
(v) The user must not reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or extract source code forthis service.
(ⅵ)The User must not perform automated large-volume searches or downloads. However,in accordance with National Institute of Informatics Academic Content Service Web API
Usage Detailed Regulations, searches and downloads performed within the scope permitted
by these detailed Regulations are not limited to this.
(vii)The User must not act in any way that may impair the operation of the Service.
(ⅷ) In addition to the acts prescribed in item 7 above, the user must not perform any actsthat the institute deems inappropriate.
Article 7 (Suspension of usage)
If a User violates these Regulations, the Institute may suspend that User’s usage and takenecessary measures. This shall also apply in cases where there is sufficient cause to suspect aviolation.
Article 8 (Handling of personal information)
1. The Institute shall appropriately manage information that enables Users to be identified
individually (hereinafter referred to as “Personal Information”), and shall take measures toprevent its improper use, leakage, etc.
2. The Institute may use Personal Information to the extent necessary in the following cases.
The same shall apply to provision to third parties.
(i) When necessary for the User’s usage application and approval, etc., therefor.
(ii) When necessary to notify or contact the User for such purposes as the invoicing of usage
charges.
(iii)When necessary in order to request compliance or performance under these Regulations.
(ⅳ) When the User himself or herself has given consent therefor.
(v) When the provision of the information is requested by a court, public prosecutor's office,police department, or other public institution based on laws and regulations, or when theprovision of the information is necessary for similar public interests.
3. The period of retention of Personal Information shall in principle be one year aftertermination of use of the Service by the User (including expiration of the period of usage andcancellation of usage authorization), and Personal Information shall be disposed of when one
year has elapsed.
4. In addition to the provisions of the preceding three clauses, other matters necessary withregard to the handling of Personal Information shall be in accordance with the Regulations
for Protection of Personal Information of the Research Organization of Information andSystems.
Article 9 (Responsibilities of the User)
1. If a User violates these Regulations and thereby hinders the operation of the Service orcauses the Institute to incur loss or damage, the Institute may invoice the said User forcompensation therefor.
2. If a dispute arises between a User and a third party (including disputes regarding copyrightof academic information and disputes with other interested parties) through the use of theService, the User himself or herself shall be responsible for resolving it and shall not impute
any responsibility whatsoever to the Institute.
Article 10 (Institute’s exemption from liability)
1. The Institute shall accept no responsibility whatsoever with regard to the veracity, accuracy,utility, etc., of academic information provided by the Service.
2. The Institute may suspend the Service for maintenance or repair or in other cases wherenecessary.
3. The Institute shall accept no responsibility whatsoever with regard to delay, interruption,or suspension of provision of the Service or for disputes, damage, etc., that involve the User
as a result of use of the Service.
Article 11 (Revisions, etc.)
1. The Institute may revise these Regulations as required, notifying Users by posting anotification on the Service website or by other means judged appropriate by the Institute. In
such cases, unless otherwise stated explicitly, the revised Regulations will take effect from thetime of posting or other notification.
2. In order to facilitate implementation of the Service or to provide detail for the applicationof these Regulations, the Institute may, when necessary, lay down detailed Regulations forusage and/or usage guidelines, etc. Such detailed Regulations and guidelines shall form an
integral part of these Regulations.

Article 12 (Governing law, jurisdiction, etc.)
1. This regulation is governed by Japanese law and is interpreted and enforced by that law.
This Regulation shall be effective only in Japanese and shall be a translation in other languages
and shall not have any legal effect or influence.
2. The Tokyo District Court shall be the exclusive agreement jurisdictional court of the first
instance for proceedings relating to these Regulations.
Article 13 (Miscellaneous provisions)
1. In addition to the matters provided for in these Regulations, any others necessary for
implementation of these Regulations will be stipulated separately.
Supplementary provision
These Regulations shall come into effect on October 1, 2014.
Supplementary provision
These Regulations shall come into effect on October 22, 2015.
Supplementary provision
These Regulations shall come into effect on April 1, 2016.
Supplementary provision
These Regulations shall come into effect on April 1, 2017.
Supplementary provision
These Regulations shall come into effect on April 1, 2022.
Attached Table 1 (Article 3 relations)
ServiceCiNii ResearchService overview
Provides information on articles publishedin academic journals and publishedacademic information

CiNii Books

Provides catalog information of holdings in（Book Information by NII）

university libraries, etc.

CiNii dissertations

Provides doctoral dissertation information(Doctoral dissertation Information by NII)

in Japan and the link to full texts of doctoraldissertations.

KAKEN

Provides information on the results of(Database of Grants-in-Aid for Scientificresearch supported by the Ministry ofResearch)

Education, Culture, Sports, Science &Technology in Japan and Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science grants-in-aid forscientific research.

IRDB

Provides academic information(Institutional Repositories DataBase)accumulated in Institutional Repositories
DataBase.

NII-REO

Provides electronic journal and online(NII Repository of Electronic Journal andpublications in local hosting environments.

Online Publications)