Implemented on November 27, 2006
Revised on December 26, 2008
Revised on January 15, 2010
Revised on September 7, 2010
Revised on March 24, 2011
Revised on April 5, 2012
Revised on April 23, 2014
Revised on August 1, 2014
Revised on October 23, 2014
Revised on December 15, 2014
Revised on April 1, 2016
MODEL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERNET SERVICES
These model terms and conditions are intended for parties such as an administrator of anelectronic bulletin board or an Internet service provider to adopt in their terms and conditions
to the extent necessary, depending on the substance of the service provided by such parties.
Article 1(Prohibited Matters)
The Contracted User shall not take any of the following actions by using the Service:(1) any action that infringes or is likely to infringe any copyright, trademark right, or otherintellectual property right of the Company or others;(2) any action that infringes or is likely to infringe any property, privacy or portrait right ofothers;(3) any action which unjustly discriminates, disparages, or insults others, encourages
unjust discrimination of others, or impairs the reputation or credibility of others;(4) any action that leads to or is likely to lead to a crime such as fraud, child prostitution,or illegal sale/purchase of savings accounts and mobile phones;(5) any action of transmitting or displaying any image, video, audio, document, etc., that
represents obscenity, child pornography or child abuse; any action of selling media
containing any recording of the foregoing; or any action of displaying or transmitting
advertisements that suggests the transmission, display or sale of such media;(6) any action that leads to or is likely to lead to any drug-related crime or abuse ofcontrolled substances, designated substances, items for which advertisement isbanned by public notice (i.e., items for which advertisement, etc., is banned broadly
pursuant to public notice identifying such items as suspected designated substances,etc.), or other so-called dangerous drugs; any action of advertising unapproved or
expired pharmaceuticals, etc.; or any action of selling or otherwise distributing
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pharmaceuticals that are not allowed to be sold or otherwise distributed on theInternet;
any action of advertising, for the purpose of sale or distribution, individual organisms,
etc., of endangered species of wild fauna and flora that are subject to regulation onadvertisements;
any action of advertising monetary loans without being registered to conduct a money
lending business;
any action of setting up a pyramid scheme (nezumi-ko) or soliciting therefor;
any action of wrongfully rewriting or deleting information accumulated in theCompany’s facilities;
any action of using the Service through impersonation;
any action of transmitting or posting a virus or other harmful computer program;any action of sending others email of advertisement, promotion or solicitation without
their consent; or any action of sending others email which is or could be offensive
under social norms;
any action that interferes or is likely to interfere with the use or operation of others’
facilities or facilities for the Internet connection service;
any action of conducting unlawful betting or gambling or soliciting for participation in
unlawful betting or gambling;
any action of agreeing to undertake, intermediating, or inducing (including
commissioning of another person) an illegal act (such as a transfer of guns, unlawful
production of firearms or explosives, provision of child pornography, forgery of public
documents, murder, or blackmailing);
any action of sending to an unspecified number of people any cruel content such as animage of murder scene, content such as an image of slaughter or abuse of animals, orcontent that is extremely offensive to others under social norms;
any action of inducing or encouraging suicide; or any action of introducing means ofsuicide that are likely to cause harm to third parties;
any action of creating a hyperlink in any manner or for the purpose of encouraging anyof the actions in the foregoing items while knowing that such action falls under any of
the categories in the foregoing items;
any action of encouraging unspecified persons to post or otherwise display any content
that leads to or is likely to lead to a crime or illegal activity, or any content that unjustly
disparages or insults others or invades others’ privacy;
any other action which the Company determines is contrary to public policy and morals
or infringes others’ rights.

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1. In the event that, pursuant to the procedures separately prescribed by the Company, theCompany executes a service agreement with a Contracted User in order for theContracted User to allow the use by such Contracted User’s family members or otherpersons (hereinafter referred to as the “Affiliates”), upon the Contracted User’s agreeing
to bear the service fees for the use of the Service by such Affiliates, then such Contracted
User shall be obligated to ensure that such Affiliates will also comply with these Termsand Conditions.
2. In the event of the preceding paragraph, if the Contracted User’s Affiliate takes any of theprohibited actions set forth in the respective items of Article 1 (Prohibited Matters) orcauses damage to the Company willfully or negligently, then the respective provisions ofthese Terms and Conditions shall apply as if such action of the Affiliate was that of theContracted User.

Article 3(Deletion, etc., of Content, etc.)
1. The Company may take any one or any combination of the following measures against
the Contracted User If any use of the Service by the Contracted User constitutes any ofthe actions in the respective items of Article 1 (Prohibited Matters), or if any person
makes a complaint, claim, etc., against the Company in relation to such use and theCompany recognizes the necessity, or if the Company otherwise determines that theContracted User’s action is inappropriate for the operation of the Service:(1) The Company may request that the Contracted User cease the relevant action in therespective items in Article 1 (Prohibited Matters);(2) The Company may request that the Contracted User negotiate with such otherperson in order to resolve such complaint, etc.;(3) The Company may request that the Contracted User delete the displayed content;(4) The Company may, without prior notice, delete all or part of the content publishedor displayed by the Contracted User or make the same unavailable to others; and/or(5) If the hotline system provided in Article 6 is not implemented by the Contracted User,
the Company may demand such hotline system.
2. The measures in the preceding paragraph are not intended to deny the principle of selfresponsibility on the part of the Contracted User, and the principle of self-responsibility
will be respected in interpreting and operating the provisions in the preceding paragraph.

Article 4(Blocking of Child Pornographic Images)
1. For the purpose of preventing the spread of infringement of the rights of child victims
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through distribution of child pornography on the Internet, the Company may, without
prior notice, make unavailable for viewing any child pornographic image or video whichsignificantly breaches children’s rights as determined by the Company or the body thatprepares and manages address lists of websites containing child pornography, upon
identifying the Contracted User’s connected sites, etc.
To the extent necessary in connection with the measures under the preceding paragraph,
the Company may make unavailable for viewing any content that is not directly related tothe distribution of such image or video.
With regard to the measures under the preceding two paragraphs, the Company will
target solely child pornographic contents that significantly breach children’s rights andwill take such measure only where it is recognized that the privacy of communications isnot unreasonably violated and where the illegality is precluded.

Article 5(Treatment of Content which is Harmful to Young People)
1. Where the Contracted User uses the Service and thereby becomes a Specified Server
Administrator (hereinafter referred to as the “Specified Server Administrator”) underArticle 2, paragraph (11), of the Act on Establishment of Enhanced Environment for
Youth’s Safe and Secure Internet Use (Act No. 79 of 2008; hereinafter referred to as the“Youth Internet Use Environment Improvement Act”), then the Contracted User shall takesufficient care to heed the obligation to make efforts under Article 21 of said Act.
2. Where the Contracted User uses the Service and thereby becomes the Specified Server
Administrator, if the Contracted User becomes aware that any content harmful to youngpeople (except for any content specified in Article 1 of the contents which considerably
impede the sound growth of young people; the same shall apply hereinafter) is publishedby a third party by using the server administered by the Contracted User, or if theContracted User publishes such content, then the Contracted User shall make efforts totake measures to reduce opportunities for young people to view such content by taking
procedures illustrated below.
(1) The Contracted User shall conspicuously indicate that the content is intended for
those aged eighteen or over.
(2) The Contracted User shall implement a system in which only those aged eighteen or
over may view the content, by having viewers enter their age or taking anothermethod.
(3) The Contracted User shall delete contents harmful to young people.
(4) The Contracted User shall notify the filtering service provider of the URL associatedwith contents harmful to young people.
3. If the Company determines that any content harmful to young people has been published
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through the Service, then in accordance with the intent of Article 21 of the Youth Internet
Use Environment Improvement Act, the Company may request that the Contracted User
take measures to reduce opportunities for young people to view such content by taking
the procedures illustrated in the preceding paragraph.
If in response to the Company’s notification pursuant to the preceding paragraph, theContracted User informs the Company that such content does not constitute content
harmful to young people, then the Company shall respect such determination of theContracted User.
Even in the event of the preceding paragraph, the Company may take the procedure in(4) of Paragraph 2 above and take measures to reduce, by filtering, opportunities foryoung people to view such content.

Article 6(Implementation of Hotline System)
1. Where the Contracted User uses the Service and thereby becomes the Specified Server
Administrator, the Contracted User shall implement a system for accepting contact fromthird parties in the manner illustrated below, for the purpose of preventing trouble
relating to publication of certain content:(1) Implementation of an inquiry form for third parties in relation to publication ofcertain content by way of the Service;(2) Publication of an email address for inquiry relating to publication of certain content
by way of the Service.
Additionally, where the system is implemented to accept contact in the manner
illustrated in (2) above, the Contracted User shall take sufficient note that such contact
information could be misused for other purposes.
2. In using the Service, the Contracted User shall notify the Company of the contact
information for the Company to contact the Contracted User in the event that trouble
occurs in relation to publication of certain content.

Article 7(Suspension of Use)
1. If any of the events set forth in the following items occurs in respect of the ContractedUser, the Company may suspend the use of the Service by the Contracted User:(1) When the Contracted User fails to pay fees for the Service after the payment due
date;(2) When the Contracted User’s credit card for settlement of fees for the Service or thebank account designated by the Contracted User is no longer accepted due tocancellation or other reason;
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(3) When the use of the Service falls under any of the actions in the respective items
under Article 1 (Prohibited Matters), and upon receiving a request under Items (1)through (3) or (5) of Paragraph 1 in Article 3 (Deletion, etc., of Content, etc.), theContracted User fails to accommodate such request within a period designated by
the Company; or(4) Other than those in the respective preceding items, when the Contracted User
breaches these Terms and Conditions.
When the Company intends to suspend the use of the Service by the Contracted User
pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify theContracted User of the grounds for such suspension in advance; provided that theforegoing shall not apply in the case of emergency.

Article 8(Termination by the Company)
1. Where the use of the Service by the Contracted User is suspended pursuant to theprovisions of Article 7 (Suspension of Use), if such Contracted User fails to resolve or curesuch suspension event within a period designated by the Company, then the Company
may terminate the relevant service agreement.
2. In the event that the Company intends to terminate the service agreement pursuant tothe preceding paragraph, the Company may do so without giving notice or making ademand to the Contracted User.

Article 9(Compliance with Relevant Laws and Regulations)
In taking the measures set forth in these Terms and Conditions, the Company shall takeappropriate measures within the scope set forth in any relevant laws and regulations.

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