Proper processing of Personal Data
Virtual World Expo Application uses the following functions
Use of camera/Use of GPS
The data acquired from the camera will be provided to Google LLC and its subsidiaries for displaying AR content. NTT QONOQ, INC. gets location information to show my current location and distance to content. For details on how we handle location information, please refer to our privacy policy.
Virtual Expo App Terms of Use for Users
NTT QONOQ, INC. (the “Company”) has established these Virtual Expo App Terms of Use for Users (these “Terms”) and will thereby provide the users of the Virtual Expo Application (“User(s)”) with a service enabling the Users to walk around the virtual venue via their avatars and visit the virtual pavilions and events developed by exhibitors and event organizers (collectively, “Exhibitor(s)”) and experience exhibits and events that take advantage of the unique characteristics of virtuality, as well as experience AR content, such as characters and 3D objects that do not exist in reality, using smartphones and other devices at the actual Yumeshima site (the “Service”).
1.Application of Terms
These Terms apply to all relationships between the Company and a User regarding the use of the Service (including the use of the Service App (defined below); same applies below). A User cannot use the Service if it does not agree to these Terms.
2.Definitions
- (i)"Usage Agreement" means an agreement based on these Terms for the purpose of receiving the Service from the Company.
- (ii)"Compatible Device" means a device that satisfies the specifications designated by the Company as those necessary to use the Service.
- (iii)"Service App" means the Virtual Expo application which the Company provides to Users for use of the Service.
- (iv)"Exposition Association" means the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition.
- (v)"User" means a user of the Service App.
As used in these Terms, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
3.Description of the Service
- The Service will be the provision of features for browsing and experiencing the content created as a pavilion or an event at the Virtual Expo and the specific contents thereof will be as decided by the Company and provided as the Service. There may be restrictions on the available features depending on the type of Compatible Device, the version of the Service App, and other factors.
- The use of the Service requires the Service Account issued in accordance with Article 5 (Issuance of Accounts).
- The use of the Service requires a Compatible Device and the Service App.
- The Company may modify the contents or specifications of the Service and suspend or cancel the Service without prior notice to Users, unless otherwise prescribed by applicable laws.
4.Formation of Usage Agreement
- A User who wishes to use the Service ("Applicant") will apply for a Usage Agreement by agreeing to these Terms. An Applicant will be deemed to have agreed to these Terms when the "Agree" button is clicked.
- If the Applicant is a minor in the country or region where the Applicant resides, the Applicant shall apply for the Service with the consent (including consent to these Terms) of its legal representative. When an Applicant who was a minor at the time of application uses the Service after reaching the age of majority, the Applicant shall be deemed to have confirmed the act of use and application made while the User was a minor.
- The Company may refuse to accept an application by the Applicant if the Company determines that any of the following applies:
- (i)The application is incomplete or any of its contents is untrue, or there is a risk thereof.
- (ii)TThe Applicant has violated a provision of Article 9 (User’s Obligations and Prohibited Conduct) or there is a risk thereof.
- (iii)There is a risk that the Applicant will not comply with its obligations as a User set forth in these Terms.
- (iv)There is a risk that the Applicant will violate a provision of Article 22 (Exclusion of Antisocial Forces).
- (v)There is a risk of interference with the Company’s execution of business.
- A Usage Agreement will be formed between the Applicant and the Company when the Company accepts an application under paragraph (1).
5.Issuance of Accounts and Log-in
- The Company will issue an account for use of the Service App ("Service Account(s)") to an Applicant who has registered as a user on the Service App. The Service Account may be stored as a key in the Service App installed on the Compatible Device, or may consist of an ID and password when specifically authorized by the Company, both of which may be used to log into the Service.
- A person who is issued a Service Account must strictly manage at its own responsibility, must not allow a third party to use, and must not lend, transfer or sell to or share with a third party the Service Account (including its password, and if a change is made directly by the User, also includes the new password; same applies below).
- If a Service Account is entered into any tool provided in the Service, the Company will deem that any such entry was made by the person to whom such Service Account was issued or by a person who has received consent for such entry from such person. The User will be liable for damages resulting from their inadequate management, error in use, or permitting a third party’s use of the Service Account, and the Company will not be liable for such damages except where there is willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company.
- If the Company suffers any damages due to unauthorized use of a Service Account caused, or contributed by the User, the User must compensate the Company for such damages.
- The User shall not unjustly obtain or use another person's ID, password (for both the Service Account and other accounts) or accompany mode code.
- The User may link its Service Account with the Expo ID issued by the Exposition Association. A User who has linked its account ("Linked User" in the following paragraph) can log in to the Service by entering its Expo ID instead of entering the Service Account.
- The "Service Account" as set forth in Paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) shall be read as "Service Account and Expo ID" and shall apply to the Linked User. If there is a theft or loss of the Expo ID or its password or a User becomes aware of an unauthorized use thereof by a third party, the User must immediately inform the Exposition Association accordingly.
6.Video, photo and sound recording, posting, distributing and use for business purposes
- Users may take screenshots of the Service App using still images, except as provided below. In addition, users may not take video screenshots (i.e., video recordings of screen operations or status).
- (i)When the Company or an Exhibitor has indicated that photography is prohibited in the area
- (ii)When the Company or an Exhibitor has indicated that taking screenshots is prohibited
- (iii)When the content for which a User is trying to take a screenshot is a video content projected by the Company or an Exhibitor in a "room" of the Service.8
- A User may create a profile card for its avatar only by using the functions provided within the Service App.
- A User may use the screenshots and profile cards ("Screenshots, Etc.") obtained or created in accordance with the preceding two paragraphs as the standby screen of its terminal device and may post and distribute them to its SNS account. Except in cases where the User has obtained permission from the Exposition Association in accordance with Paragraph (7), a User shall not post or distribute the Screenshots, Etc. for commercial or business purposes, post or distribute the Screenshots, Etc. to SNS accounts other than the User's own, or otherwise transmit the Screenshots, Etc. to the public (other than posting or distributing to the User’s own SNS account not for commercial or business purposes).
- Users shall not post, distribute, or otherwise publicly transmit screenshots or recordings of the Service App other than Screenshots, Etc. obtained in accordance with the preceding three paragraphs.
- When posting or distributing Screenshots, Etc. to SNS account, Users shall not suggest or falsely imply, contrary to fact, that the User is sponsoring, cooperating with, or have received approval from the Exposition Association, the Company, or any other party related to the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
- When posting or distributing Screenshots, Etc. to SNS account, if the Screenshots, Etc. include intellectual property rights owned by a third party other than the Exposition Association and the Company, the User must, at its own responsibility, obtain permission to use the intellectual property rights from the owner of the intellectual property rights.
- If User wishes to post or distribute to SNS account or otherwise publicly transmit Screenshots, Etc. for the purpose of advertising User’s own or a third party's products or services or other commercial or business purposes, the User must contact the Exposition Association in advance to obtain the Exposition Association’s permission to do so.
- If a corporation, entertainment production company, or influencer agency, or an individual affiliated with a corporation or organization engaged in the same business as an entertainment production company or influencer agency, posts, distributes, or otherwise uses Screenshots, Etc. on a SNS account, regardless of the content, purpose, or details of the use, such posting, distribution, or other use shall be deemed use for a commercial or business purpose.
- Users shall not take any kind of photographs, recordings, audio recordings or other reproductions in areas where photography is prohibited by the Company or exhibitors.
7.Chat functions and items
- The chat function of the Service may not complete delivery of messages to the intended destinations due to packet loss. The Company does not guarantee that messages will always be delivered to the destinations by the chat function of the Service. Even if a message sent by the chat function is not delivered to the destination, no User, including the User who sent the message, will be notified of the delivery failure.
- Some chat functions are restricted in the large group mode.
- Messages sent and received in the chat will be deleted from the servers of the chat function of the Service immediately after such messages are sent. The Company bears no responsibility for retention of messages sent or received in chats.
- The automatic translation function for certain languages provided in the text chat function is provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC. using the "Mirai Honyaku" engine developed and operated by Mirai Honyaku, Inc. The use of this service is subject to the terms and conditions set forth by Mirai Honyaku, Inc. and NTT DOCOMO, Inc. in addition to these Terms.
- Items acquired by the User through the Service may only be used on the Service and may not be used on other services. The User is not granted with a permanent right to use the items. The items may be removed or made unavailable at any time for any reason by the Company or the Exhibitor.
8.Intellectual Property Rights, Etc.
- The copyrights, other intellectual property rights, and all other rights relating to the Service App and other information, content, and the like provided to a User in connection with or through the Service (the "Service Content, Etc.") will belong to the Company or the third party that grants a license to use of all or any part of the Service Content, Etc. The execution of a Usage Agreement will not transfer to the User any such rights, and the User may use the Service Content, Etc. to the extent necessary to use the Service under the Usage Agreement.
- The User acknowledges that their avatar may be captured in screenshots taken by other Users and agrees not to object to such capturing and the use of the captured screenshots.
9.Service Subscriber’s Obligations and Prohibited Conduct
- If any violation of these Terms is discovered (including but not limited to reports from other Users), the Company may suspend the User's account for the Service. In this case, unless required by law, the Company will not respond to requests for disclosure of the reasons for the suspension.
- A User must not engage in any of the following conduct when using the Service:
- (i)Violating these Terms or any other terms applicable to use of the Service
- (ii)Infringing the copyright, patent, utility model right, design right, trademark right, or other intellectual property right, privacy or other right or interest of the Company or a third party, or conduct that may cause such result
- (iii)Conduct contrary to public policy or providing a third party with information contrary to public policy, or conduct that may cause such result
- (iv)Criminal conduct, conduct leading to criminal conduct, or conduct violating a law or regulation, or conduct that may cause such result
- (v)Providing false information or information that may be false
- (vi)Harming the good name or reputation of the Company or a third party, or conduct that may cause such result
- (vii)Causing an excessive burden on the facilities for the Service, conduct that makes it impossible for the Company to provide the Service, conduct that otherwise impedes the Company’s provision of the Service or interferes with its operation, or conduct that may cause such result
- (viii)Using or providing a computer virus or other harmful program through or in connection with the Service, or conduct that may cause such result
- (ix)Making unauthorized use of the Service Account
- (x)Using the Service Content, Etc. beyond the scope provided for in Article 8 (Intellectual Property Rights, Etc.), such as reproducing, publicly transmitting (in the case of automatic public transmission, includes making it transmittable), communicating, assigning, lending, transforming, or adapting the Service Content, Etc.
- (xi)Except as expressly permitted by these Terms or the Usage Agreement, and except to the extent that applicable laws prohibit the Company from restraining the User from doing so, modifying or altering, or decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering (primarily refers to analyzing the contents and converting them into a human-readable format) the Service Content, Etc.
- (xii)Removing or modifying a copyright notice or other rights notices displayed on the Service Content, Etc.
- (xiiI)Installing and using the Service App through a method that is contrary to the procedure established by the Company, or otherwise using the Service App through a method that violates or may violate the App Terms of Use
- (xiv)Posting, entering, or transmitting the following information using the features of the Service App, such as nicknames, self-introductions, and chats. Note that, the Company can define these words as the prohibited words using the prohibited word filter function. In this case, users cannot enter the prohibited words in nicknames, self-introductions, chats, etc:
- (a)Personal information of oneself or others (including but not limited to sensitive personal information and other personal information that requires special protection under applicable laws)
- (b)Inappropriate language (such as information that is criminal or contrary to public order and morals)
- (c)Content that induces or promotes, or may induce or promote, suicide or self-harm
- (d)Content that is related or may lead to political or religious activities
- (e)Content containing a large number of meaningless strings of letters or characters
- (f)Content that impersonates another individual or organization, or may mislead others into believing there is some relationship with another individual or organization
- (g)Content that infringes, or may infringe, on the rights or interests of third parties
- (h)Content that promotes prohibited activities as defined by the Service
- (i)Content that is contrary to public order and morals, or content that may be contrary to public order and morals
- (j)Other content that the Company reasonably determines to be inappropriate
- (xv)Acts of requesting entry of information that can identify an individual or infer identify of an individual, using the features of the Service App, such as nicknames, self-introductions, and chats
- (xvi)Acts prohibited by Exhibitors at each pavilion or event venue
- (xvii)Acts that significantly damage the credibility, reputation, or image of the Service, or acts that may cause such damage
- (xviii)Acts that mislead others into believing that the Company or Exhibitors are reproducing, postings, or distributing any content that the User is reproducing, posting or distributing, or acts that may cause such misunderstanding
- (xix)Acts of removing or altering copyright notices or other rights notices attached to the Service or content provided by the Service
- (xx)Activities seeking money or items of monetary value, responding to such activities, selling content, or any other commercial activities
- (xxi)Acts of linking to external sites from chats or self-introductions to induce purchases of products, solicitation activities, or external inducement
- (xxii)Acts of using the Service for profit without the written consent of the Company.
- (xxiii)Acts of using photographic, video, or audio data related to the Service for profit.
- (xxiv)Acts aimed at romantic relationships, interactions intended for dating, or acts of sexual harassment
- (xxv)Acts of chatting with another User who blocked the User
- (xxvi)Aggressive acts, defamatory acts, acts that incite such behavior, or acts that may cause such behavior
- (xxvii)Acts of using the Service while walking with a smartphone
- (xxviii)Acts of abusing or misusing the reporting function, such as making baseless reports or providing a large number of reports without any information
- (xxix)Acts of obtaining screenshots or recordings, using screenshots, or using profile cards, beyond the scope defined in Article 6
- (xxx)Any other conduct that the Company determines to be inappropriate
- A User represents and warrants that the User will neither use the App for military purposes nor provide the App to a third party who may use the App for military purposes.
- If the Company incurs any damage due to illegal acts by the User, the Company has the right to claim compensation for the amount of damage incurred.
10.Personal Information
- Personal information collected from Applicants and User in the course of providing the Service will be used by the Company for the purpose of providing the Service and any other purposes set forth in the Privacy Policy established by the Company (https://www.nttqonoq.com/privacy/?lang=en) (if the Company changes this URL, the new URL) to the extent necessary to achieve such purposes.
- If a User logs in with an Expo ID, the User's data (including but not limited to history of visits to pavilions and event venues) will be provided to other businesses participating in the data linkage platform provided by the Exposition Association, based on the consent separately given by the User. The Company shall not be responsible for any damages caused by the actions of the businesses to which the data is provided.
11.Interruption of Service, Etc.
- The Company may interrupt the provision of all or any part of the Service if the Company determines that any of the following applies:
- (i)It is decided that the 2025 World Exposition or the Virtual Expo will be canceled.
- (ii)The Service cannot be provided due to an earthquake, tsunami, typhoon, lightning, or other natural disaster, fire, cyberattack, infectious disease, epidemic, war, riot, civil strife, unrest, act of terrorism, embargo, enactment, amendment, or repeal of a law, regulation, or rule, governmental action such as an order, disposition, or the like by public authority, labor dispute, failure in transportation services, or any other force majeure event that occurred in Japan or overseas.
- (iii)There is a need to perform maintenance, construction, or the like of equipment, facility, or the like relating to the Service.
- (iv)A malfunction, failure, or the like occurs with respect to an equipment, facility, or the like used in the Service.
- (v)It is necessary for disaster prevention or relief, the securing of transportation, communication, or power supply, or communication required for the maintenance of order, or any other public interest reason.
- (vi)It is necessary for the Company to interrupt the provision of all or any part of the Service from an operational or technical perspective.
- If the number of Users simultaneously connected to specific pavilions, event venues, or other certain services within the Service or Service App exceeds the maximum number of simultaneous connections, the Company may suspend the provision of such services to Users.
- In addition to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the Company may impose restrictions on the use of the Service as necessary for the operation of the Service.
- Even if the Company suspends the provision of the Service or restricts its use based on the provisions of this Article, the Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by Users due to such suspension or restriction.
12.Suspension of Service, Etc.
- The Company may suspend the provision of all or any part of the Service, delete the User’s contents or take any other measures the Company deemed necessary without giving prior notice to Users, unless otherwise prescribed by applicable laws, if the Company determines that any of the following applies to a User:
- (i)Any of the items in paragraph 2 of Article 4 (Formation of Usage Agreement) applies.
- (ii)The Service Subscriber has violated Article 9 (Service Subscriber’s Obligations and Prohibited Conduct) or Article 20 (Notification of Change).
- (iii)The Service Subscriber has filed with or given to the Company a notification or notice containing untrue statements.
- (iv)The Service Subscriber interferes with the use of the Service by a third party, or engages in conduct that may cause such result.
- (v)The Service Subscriber has otherwise violated these Terms.
- (vi)There is any other interference with the Company’s execution of business.
- The Company may, in lieu of or together with the measures under the preceding paragraph, request a User to remove such cause by setting a deadline; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph will not preclude the Company from terminating the Usage Agreement pursuant to Article 14 (Termination of Usage Agreement by the Company).
13.Discontinuation of the Service
- The Company may discontinue all or any part of the Service at any time if such decision is made through discussion with the Exposition Association.
- In addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Service will be completely discontinued on October 13, 2025, the date when the 2025 World Expo in Japan will end. However, the date may be postponed at the convenience of the Expo Association or the Company.
- The Company will not be liable for damages suffered by a User due to the discontinuation of all or any part of the Service pursuant to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs.
14.Termination of Usage Agreement by the Company
- If the Company determines that any of the following applies to a User, the Company may immediately terminate the Usage Agreement in whole or in part without a demand to cure and may make a claim for the damages it has suffered.
- (i)It is found that the contents of the application for the Usage Agreement are untrue.
- (ii)In a case where the provision of the Service is suspended due to the fact that any of the causes under any item in paragraph (1) of Article 12 (Suspension of Service, Etc.) applies, such cause may interfere with the Company’s business or the cause that led to such suspension is not removed by the deadline specified by the Company.
- (iii)The User has violated Article 9 (Service Subscriber’s Obligations and Prohibited Conduct).
- (iv)It is found that the User is unlikely to perform its obligations under these Terms.
- (v)There is a petition for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, commencement of civil rehabilitation proceedings, commencement of corporate reorganization proceedings, or commencement of special liquidation, the User receives a suspension of transaction from a clearing house, or is subjected to a provisional attachment, preservative attachment, or attachment.
- (vi)The User causes serious harm or damage to the Company, or there is a risk thereof.s
- (vii)If the User is a minor and has used the Service without the consent of their legal guardian. In this case, the User's account for the Service will be deleted, and the related information will also be deleted.
- (viii)There is any other reasonable cause to find that the provision of the Service cannot be continued.
- In addition to the cases set forth in the preceding paragraph, if the Exposition Association notifies the Company that a Service Subscriber will not be exhibiting at the Virtual Expo, the Company may immediately terminate the Usage Agreement in whole or in part without a demand to cure with respect to such Service Subscriber.
15. Continuation, Termination, Etc. of Usage Agreement
- In the case of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 13 (Discontinuation of the Service) and the preceding Article, the Usage Agreement will also automatically terminate upon such lapse.
- Upon termination of the Usage Agreement for any reason (including the case of the preceding paragraph), the Service cannot be used on or after such termination.
16.Disclaimer
- The Service will only be provided as is, and even if it is discovered that the contents of the Service does not conform to the contents provided for in the Usage Agreement ("Contractual Non-conformance"), the Company will not be liable for such Contractual Non-conformance. The Company may repair the Service with respect to a Contractual Non-conformance, but if such repair is made, the repair does not apply unless the User re-download or upgrade the Service App. Even within the term of the Usage Agreement, the User may not be able to use the Service until the re-downloading or upgrading of the Service App is completed.
- A User must, at its own responsibility, save, manage, and keep a backup of all data related to the Service, and the Company shall not respond to any relevant requests such as request for restoration. Even such data is damaged, destroyed, lost, leaked, or any other incident occurs and the User suffers damages as a result, the Company will not be liable for such damages.
- The Company shall not be responsible for any content sharing with third parties conducted by the User through posting on external SNS or other services provided by third parties. The User shall only share content that does not cause any issues when used by third parties, understanding that the shared content may be utilized by such third parties.
- The Company does not warrant the fitness for the particular purpose of the User or the completeness, usefulness, accuracy, reliability, timeliness, or the like of the results of using the Service or any and all function of the Service, and will not be liable for any damages suffered by the User in connection therewith.
- The Company does not endorse, support, represent or warrant the completeness, authenticity, accuracy, reliability, or the like of any content produced by the Exhibitor. The Exhibitor shall be solely responsible for all such content, and the Company shall not bear any responsibility for the content.
- The Company does not guarantee the functionality provided in the Service, the safety of the Service, or the safe operation in the recommended operating environment.
- The Company will not be liable for trouble arising among Users, or between Users and Exhibitors with respect to the provision of the Service.
- In the Service, the User's nickname, country/region, self-introduction, and activity history (activity section) will be made public, and the Company shall not be responsible for any troubles arising from such disclosure.
- The Company's response to reports of violations by Users is made at the Company's discretion, and the Company is not obligated to provide responses regarding the results of such discretion.
17.Limitation of Liability
Even if the Company is liable to a User for damages, the Company’s liability to the User will be limited to the direct damages that normally would occur (excluding lost profits), and the amount shall be capped at JPY 15,000. However, this limitation of liability shall not apply in cases of intentional or gross negligence by the Company.
18.Compliance with Export and Import Related Laws and Regulations
If a User will be subject to laws and regulations of Japan or foreign countries relating to export and import ("Export and Import Related Laws and Regulations") such as cases where the Service App is taken outside of Japan, it must comply with such Export and Import Related Laws and Regulations.
19.Notices
- The Company may give notices to a User regarding the Service by either of the following methods:
- (i)Notice by postal mail to the name, address, etc., if they are known to the Company
- (ii)Email to the User’s email address, if the email address is known to the Company
- (iii)Any other method that the Company determines to be appropriate
- Notices to a User by the methods set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph will be deemed to be given when the Company sends a notice provided for in the preceding paragraph.
- In addition to the methods set forth in each item of paragraph (1), the Company may post the contents thereof on the Service App in lieu of giving notice to the User with respect to the Service. In such case, the notice will be deemed to have been given to the User when the contents of such notice are posted on the Service App.
20.Notification of Change
- If a User notified its name, address, phone number, or any other details and there has been a change thereto, the User shall promptly notify the Company of the change. If no notification is filed with the Company despite the fact that there has been a change (including the period after sending the notification until the Company is able to confirm the details of such change), notices by the Company provided for in these Terms will be deemed to be given when the Company gives notice to the contact details which are known to the Company.
- If a notification is filed under the preceding paragraph, the Company may request the User to present or submit a document for confirming the notified fact, and the User must comply with such request.
21.Survival
The following provisions will survive the termination of the Usage Agreement: Article 10 (Personal Information), paragraph (4) of Article 11 (Interruption of Service, Etc.), paragraph (1) of Article 12 (Suspension of Service, Etc.), paragraph (2) of Article 13 (Discontinuation of the Service), Article 16 (Disclaimer), Article 17 (Limitation of Liability), Article 24 (Assignment of Rights, Etc.), Article 25 (Jurisdiction), Article 26 (Severability) and Article 27 (Governing Law).
22.Exclusion of Antisocial Forces
- The User represents that, and represents and warrants that in the future, none of the following applies or will apply:
- (i)It (in the case of a corporation or other organization, including its officers) is an organized crime group, member of an organized crime group, a person who was a member of an organized crime group at any time in the past 5 years, quasi-member of an organized crime group, entity affiliated with an organized crime group, corporate racketeer, a person engaging in criminal activities under the pretext of social activism, special intellectual crime group, or any other person equivalent thereto (collectively, "Organized Crime Group Member, Etc.").
- (ii)If the User is a corporation or other organization, it has a relationship where an Organized Crime Group Member, Etc. is found to control its management.
- (iii)If the User is a corporation or other organization, it has a relationship where an Organized Crime Group Member, Etc. is found to be substantially involved in its management.
- (iv)It has a relationship where it is found to be using an Organized Crime Group Member, Etc., such as engaging in transactions for the purpose of seeking illicit profits for itself or a third party or inflicting damage on a third party.
- (v)It has a relationship where it is found to be involved with an Organized Crime Group Member, Etc., such as providing funds or benefits.
- (vi)If the User is a corporation or other organization, its officer or a person who is substantially involved in its management has a relationship with an Organized Crime Group Member, Etc. that should be socially condemned.
- The User warrants that it will not, directly or through a third party, engage in any of the following conduct in connection with the Terms and the Usage Agreement:
- (i)Making a violent demand
- (ii)Making an unreasonable demand that exceeds one’s legal responsibilities
- (iii)Engaging in threatening behavior or using violence in connection with a transaction
- (iv)Harming the Company’s reputation or interfering with the Company’s business by spreading rumors or using fraudulent means or force
- (v)Any other conduct equivalent to the preceding items
23.Modification of Terms
- If either of the following applies, the Company may modify these Terms by disseminating to Users in advance by posting on the Service App. If these Terms are modified, the new Terms will apply on and after the date of modification.
- (i)The modification of these Terms suits the general interest of Users.
- (ii)The modification of these Terms is not contrary to the purpose of the Usage Agreement and is reasonable in light of the need for modification, reasonableness of the new terms, substance of the modification, and other circumstances relating to the modification.
- Your continued use of the Service App after any changes or modifications to these Terms and after the posting of the new Terms on the Service App indicates your acceptance and consent to such changes or modifications.
24.Assignment of Rights, Etc.
A User must not assign to a third party, cause a third party to succeed to or assume, or furnish as collateral all or any of its rights against the Company or obligations owed to the Company under the Usage Agreement.
25.Jurisdiction
Subject to the applicable laws, any dispute that arises between a User and the Company incidental to or in connection with these Terms and the Usage Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance. However, in the event of any disputes arising between the User and the Company in connection with or related to these terms or the Usage Agreement within Japan, the court having jurisdiction over the User's place of residence or the Tokyo District Court shall be the exclusive agreed court of first instance.
26.Severability
If one or more provisions of these Terms are found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms, and these Terms shall be interpreted as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions had never been included.
27.Governing Law
Subject to applicable laws, the formation, validity, interpretation, and performance of the Usage Agreement will be governed by the laws of Japan.
28.Request and Complaints
Users may submit their requests and complaints regarding these Terms to the Company through the following contact information:
NTT QONOQ, INC.
Sanno Park Tower 7F, 2-11-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6150
Email: support-vexpo-app@ml.nttqonoq.com
Supplementary provisions (27 March 2025)
These Terms will go into effect as of April 3, 2025.
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