Terms of Use

Travel Story Teller Course Terms and Conditions

Article 1 (Purpose, etc.)

1. This agreement (“Agreement”) applies to the use of the Travel Story Teller (“TST”) course, operated by MTJ Co., LTD ("Company"), through which individuals can create accounts and participate in the TST training programs (“Course”). The terms and conditions of this Agreement are set forth as follows.

2. An “Individual” refers to a person who accesses the website for the Course (“Website”), regardless of whether or not they have registered an account, applied for, or been accepted, as a Participant pursuant to Article 2.

3. The purpose of the Course is to provide a training tool to Individuals who have the intention of becoming a TST to provide services to the Company via the Company’s InsideOutJapan TST Application.

4. By accessing and browsing the Website, by registering an account, by applying to be a Participant (defined below) or by using the Course, Individuals are deemed to have read and agreed to the content of this Agreement and are obliged to comply with this Agreement.

Article 2 (Account Registration & Participant Application)

1. Applying to become a participant of the Course (“Participant”) is limited to persons physically located in Japan, who are of the legal age of adulthood in Japan or older and who have the legal right to work in Japan without restrictions, and who have applied to become a TST on the Company’s InsideOutJapan TST Application. Participant applications must be completed by using the form specified by the Company on the Website. When applying to become a Participant, Individuals must affirm to the Company that they have read and agreed to this Agreement.

2. When applying on the Website to become a Participant, Individuals will be asked to provide Personal Information about themselves such as their e-mail address and name. ("Registered Information"). The definition of Personal Information, as well as the scope of collection of Personal Information and the purpose of use is as described in our Travel Story Teller Course - User Privacy Policy.

3. As part of the Participant application process, Individuals will register an account on the Website by providing their name, email address (to be their account ID) and create a password (hereinafter referred to as “ID, etc.”). The number of IDs, etc. that an Individual can acquire is up to one, and if an Individual has two or more IDs, etc. without a valid reason recognized by the Company, that Individual’s IDs, etc. may be combined into one or deleted, without prior notice. Except for cases in which the Company fails to perform its obligations, even if damage is caused to an Individual due to the combination or deletion of the IDs, etc., the Company will not be obligated to compensate for any such damage.

4. After an Individual has successfully registered an account, the Company will review the new account and determine whether to grant access for the registered Individual to participate in the Course. The review of the account by the Company and the decision whether to provide access to the Course to an Individual is done at the sole discretion of the Company. Even if the Company decides to not provide access to the Course to an Individual, the Company is not obliged to explain the reason. Individuals to whom the Company has decided to provide access to the Course will become a Participant and be able to access the materials for the Course and will receive an e-mail informing them of such access.

Article 3 (Management of ID, etc.)

1. IDs, etc. may only be used by the corresponding Individual. Individuals are prohibited from allowing any third party from using their IDs, etc. Individuals shall be responsible for the management of their IDs, etc. If an Individual suffers disadvantages or damages due to the use of their IDs, etc. by a third party, the Company shall not be held responsible except for cases in which the Company fails to perform its obligations.

2. An Individuals Registered Information, or their account, can be changed or deleted upon request from the Individual. Because it takes a certain amount of time to change or delete Registered Information or an account, there is a possibility that notifications or documents will be sent from the Company to previously Registered Information while the change or deletion process is occurring. In addition, the Company may contact the Individual for confirmation of incomplete or erroneous Registered Information, regardless of whether or not the Individual has indicated that they wish to receive information from the Company. Except for cases in which the Company fails to perform its obligations, the Company will not be obligated to compensate the Individual for any disadvantages or damages incurred by the Individual due to these matters.

Article 4 (Use of the Website and Course)

1. Individuals agree and warrant that they are not an agent or employee of a company competing with the Company, both at the time they register an account on the Website, as well as, if they become a Participant, throughout the period of time that they are a Participant. Furthermore, the only commercial purpose that Individuals may use the Website and Course for is as a training tool with the intention of becoming a TST to provide services to the Company via the Company’s InsideOutJapan TST Application. Individuals who are providing services to companies competing with the Company as independent contractors may still be eligible to register for an account on the Website and become a Participant (at the discretion of the Company), provided that such potential conflict of interest is disclosed to the Company and the content of this Agreement is agreed to by the Individual.

2. Communication costs for using the Course or accessing the Website shall be borne by the Individual.

3. The Company may set and change restrictions on the information and content that can be viewed on the Website and the scope of Course that may be available to Individuals.

Article 5 (Confidentiality)

1. Participants agree to treat as secret and confidential and to not, at any time for any reason, disclose or permit to be disclosed to any person, or otherwise make use of or permit to be made use of, any Confidential Information, except as described below in this Article 5. In this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall mean:

(1) all information relating to or connected with the Website or Course (including, but not limited to, the Materials, defined below), all information disclosed pursuant to subsequent communications between the Company and Participant, and all information relating to the Company and its activities, in each case which is or has been disclosed or otherwise made available by the Company to the Participant, whether in writing, in disk or electronic form, orally or pursuant to visits to premises and in any form or medium in which such information may be recorded or kept (or which can be obtained by examination, testing, visual inspection or analysis of any hardware or other item or component part thereof), including all business, commercial, operational, management and financial information, and data, know-how, formulae, processes, designs, sketches, photographs, plans, drawings, specifications, sample reports, models, customer lists, price lists, studies, findings, computer software, inventions, innovations and ideas; and

(2) analyses, compilations, studies and other material prepared by the Company which contain, reflect or are otherwise generated from the information provided by the Company described in the paragraph above.

2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that the term "Confidential Information" shall not include information that the Participant can show (and it shall be for the Participant to show by documentary evidence):

(1) is already in the public domain at the time of disclosure;

(2) after disclosure becomes publicly known other than through a Participant’s breach of this Agreement;

(3) the Participant can show was known to it prior to the disclosure of the information by the Company; or

(4) the Participant can show was made available to it by a third party who has a right to do so and who has not imposed any obligation of confidentiality or restricted use in respect thereof.

3. Participants agree to use the Company’s Confidential Information solely for the purposes of this Agreement and to exercise no less than the duty of care of a prudent manager in the handling of the Company’s Confidential Information.

Article 6 (Prohibited Acts, Suspension of Qualification, Deregistration)

1. Individuals are prohibited from performing the following acts when using the Website or Course (“Individual Prohibited Acts”).

(1) Falsification of information or content provided to the Company.

(2) Interfering with the operation of the Website or Course, such as sending or writing harmful computer programs, etc.

(3) Infringing the Company’s copyrights or other intellectual property rights, slandering the Company, or causing any other disadvantage or damage to the Company, whether inside or outside the Website or Course.

(4) Infringing copyrights or other intellectual property rights of other Individuals or third parties in relation to the Website or Course.

(5) Violating the privacy of other Individuals or other third parties in relation to the Website or Course.

(6) Slander targeting other Individuals or third parties in relation to the Website or Course.

(7) Acts for the purpose of profit using this site, or information and contents provided on this site; except as a training tool with the intention of becoming a TST to provide services to the Company via the Company’s InsideOutJapan TST Application.

(8) Preparing derivatives based upon the Website or Course, or modifying the same.

(9) Accessing the Website or Course with the intent to reverse engineer it, to make a similar or competing product or service, or to reproduce any part of the Website or Course.

(10) Acts that are contrary to laws and public order and morals relating to the Website or Course, including but not limited to the Travel Agency Act of Japan and acts to facilitate crimes.

(11) Violation of any of the obligations stipulated in this Agreement.

(12) Impersonation of a third party.

(13) Abusive actions or words directed at an employee of the Company, other Individuals, or any third party in relation to the Website or Course.

(14) Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate.

2. In the following cases, the Company may suspend an Individual’s account or delete it and invalidate all training achievements made on the Individual’s account, without any prior notice to the Individual.

(1) When the Company decides to not provide access to the Course to an account.

(2) When an Individual makes a false declaration in their registration or in any statements to the Company.

(3) Unauthorized use of the Individual’s ID, etc.

(4) When the Individual lends their ID, etc. to a third party.

(5) When the Company determines that the Individual has performed or is likely to have performed any of the Individual Prohibited Acts.

(6) If the Individual is an organized crime group (as defined in Article 2, Item 2 of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members), an organized crime group member, an entity, association, company or individual related to an organized crime group, a corporate racketeer, a social or political campaign racketeer, a special intelligence criminal organization, or any person or entity equivalent thereto.

(7) If the Individual uses violence, force, or threatening language to make unjust demands or to pursue economic interests, makes acts of damaging credit by disseminating rumors or other fraudulent acts, or if the Company determines that there is a risk of such.

Article 7 (Use of the Course Materials)

1. Through the Course, the Company may provide various materials, information, quizzes, tests, questions, articles, news and other information on the Website (the “Materials”) to Participants. The Company authorizes each Participant to view the Materials on the Website, but prohibits any and all duplicating (including, but not limited to, printing or saving any part of the materials), publishing, transmitting, uploading, distributing, transferring, lending, or otherwise copying or borrowing of the Materials. Participants are also prohibited from making any modifications to the Materials or Website in any way.

2. Participants acknowledge and agree that all Materials are Confidential Information, and Participants may not sell, auction, loan, rent, give away, describe, summarize, or otherwise reveal the Materials or their contents, to any other person or entity. As it applies to the Materials, the obligations of Confidentiality set forth in this Agreement shall remain in force and effect in perpetuity.

3. The Materials are provided to Participants “as is” without any warranties of any kind including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property. Furthermore, the Company does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of any information contained in the Materials.

4. The Company may make changes to the Materials at any time, without notice, at the Company’s sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Materials may be out of date and the Company makes no commitment to update the Materials.

Article 8 (Provision of Information, Etc.)

1. The Company shall be able to provide Individuals who have registered accounts with information on the Course and other related services, new services, etc. by telephone, e-mail, mail, etc. Individuals shall consent to this when they register an account on the Website. However, at the request of the Individual, procedures will be taken to stop the provision of such information. In such cases, if the Individual is a Participant, they may no longer be able to use the Course and the account of the Individual may be removed from the Website.

2. The Company may select and provide recommended information to registered Individuals at the Company’s discretion based on the Individual’s Registered Information and their use of the Course if they are a Participant.

Article 9 (Handling of Personal Information)

1. The Company will handle the Personal Information of registered Individuals in accordance with our separate Travel Story Teller Course - User Privacy Policy. By agreeing to this Agreement, registered Individuals affirm that they have also read and agree to the Travel Story Teller Course - User Privacy Policy .

Article 10 (Property Rights)

1. All ownership rights, copyrights, trademark rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights and other interests related to all contents, services, software, etc. contained in the Website or Course, and all rights relating to the use thereof, shall belong to the Company or a third party to whom the Company has granted permission, regardless of whether or not registration for those rights have been made.

2. Except for cases where the prior written consent of the Company is obtained, Individuals may not print, duplicate, publish, transmit, upload, distribute, transfer, lend, or otherwise copy or borrow the content, services, software, etc. contained in the Website or Course. Translating, adapting, licensing, reprinting, or any other such use is prohibited.

3. This Agreement does not constitute a transfer of any property rights in regard to the Website or Course. Product and brand names used by the Website and Course are property of the Company and Individuals are not granted any right or license in them.

Article 11 (No Warranty/Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability)

1. Individuals shall use the Website and account registration process at their own responsibility, and Participants shall use the Course at their own responsibility.

2. The Company may terminate the operation of any, or all of, this Website or Course at any time.

3. Regardless of the reason, the Company is not responsible for any difficulty or impossibility to use the Website or Course, or any errors that occur on the Website or Course. Regardless of whether or not the Company is the cause of any damages suffered by an Individual due to erroneous operations on the Website or Course, including disconnection of communication, etc., the Company shall not be held responsible at all. In addition, the Company will not be held responsible for any disadvantage or damage caused to the Individual due to the provision of the Website or Course; information provided through the Website or Course; or the granting of usage to the Website or Course and any suspension thereof.

4. The Company may temporarily suspend or stop the provision of the Website or Course due to maintenance or construction of telecommunications equipment, failure of telecommunications equipment, or other reasons. In the event that the provision of the Website or Course is suspended or stopped, the Company will endeavor to restore it promptly, but the Company does not guarantee any restoration time and the Company is not responsible for conducting the restoration.

5. The Company shall not be held responsible for any damages incurred by the Individual as a result of the Company setting limits on the information and content that can be viewed on the Website or Course.

6. The Company shall not be held responsible for any damages incurred by the Individual due to merger, bankruptcy, dissolution, etc. of the Company.

7. The Company shall not be held responsible for any damages incurred by an Individual due to a force majeure act which includes: natural disasters (such as earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, etc.), wars, riots, orders by government authorities or other reasons beyond the control of the Company.

8. The Website or Course may not be displayed or used correctly depending on the specifications of the terminal, operating system, etc. used by the Individual for communicating with the Website or Course. Even in this case, the Company shall not be held responsible for any inability of an Individual to use the Website or Course.

9. If the Company is for any reason, including for matters mentioned in this Article 11, found to be liable for any loss or damage that is in any way connected with the Website or Course, the Company’s liability in such regard will in no way exceed, in the aggregate, 10,000 JPY. The aforementioned limitation on liability will not apply where such liability was found to have occurred due to the Company’s willful conduct or gross negligence.

10. Any claim for damages must be notified to the Company within 2 years from the date that such claimed damage occurred.

Article 12 (Disputes and Compensation for Damages)

1. In the event that an Individual causes damage to a third party in relation to this Website or Course; or if a dispute arises in relation to the same, the Company will not be held responsible. In addition, the Individual shall resolve this at the Individual’s own responsibility and expense and shall not cause any trouble to the Company.

2. In the event that the Company or a third party suffers damage due to an act contrary to the terms in this Agreement by an Individual, prohibited acts stipulated in Article 6 (Prohibited Acts, Suspension of Qualification, Deregistration) or elsewhere in the Agreement, intentional or negligent acts by an Individual, or due to a User’s ID, etc. becoming known to a third party; the Company shall be able to claim compensation for damages caused to the Company or a third party by such Individual.

Article 13 (Third Party Services)

The Company is not responsible or liable for, and does not control, third party services and content that may be made available by, or accessed in connection with, the Website or Course. If Individuals access any third party services or content through links on the Website or through the Course, the Individual will be subject to that third party’s terms and conditions, privacy policy, etc. No warning will be provided by the Company that an Individual is moving to a third party’s services or content and Individuals access them at their own risk.

Article 14 (Changes to Terms)

The Company may change the terms of this Agreement as it determines is necessary. If the Company changes this Agreement, the Company will notify Individuals through the Website, e-mail or by other equivalent methods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will obtain consent from registered Individuals in a manner specified by the Company for an amendment or change of the Agreement that requires such consent under applicable laws.

Article 15 (Court of Jurisdiction, Applicable Law)

The Tokyo District Court shall be the exclusive jurisdictional court of first instance for lawsuits and disputes arising between Individuals and the Company. The governing law of this Agreement shall be the law of Japan.

Article 16 (Invalidity)

If any provision of this Agreement is found void or unenforceable for any reason, it shall not affect or impair the enforceability of the other provisions.

Article 17 (Inquiries)

Individuals may submit questions, concerns, etc. regarding the operation of the Website or Course through the following contact information.

MTJ Co., LTD

Address: 3F Akasaka Sakae Bldg., 2-14-7 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan

Phone number: We will disclose without delay if requested.

E-mail: [email protected]

Established on: December 7, 2023