Terms of Use
These Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") define the content, conditions of use, precautions during use, and other rights and obligations between the user (hereinafter referred to as "User") who agrees to these Terms and uses the service, and General Incorporated Association Saikenkai (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") regarding all services (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Service") provided on and in connection with the "ORIGAMI CLINIC" website (hereinafter referred to as "this Website") provided by the Company. Users must carefully read the entire text of these Terms and agree to them before using the Service.
Article 1 (Application)
1. To use this service, users must agree to comply with these terms and conditions and provide certain information as specified by our company, using the method designated by our company. Those who do not agree to these terms and conditions cannot use this service.
2. By applying for the use of this service, users are deemed to have understood and agreed to these terms and conditions.
3. These terms and conditions apply to the use of this service. In the event of any contradiction between the contents of these terms and conditions and the contents/conditions of the service actually provided, the provisions of these terms and conditions shall take precedence.
4. Our company may change these terms and conditions without obtaining individual consent, by the method described in the next article (Changes to these terms and conditions), and users shall agree to this in advance.
5. The rules regarding this service published by our company on its website shall form part of these terms and conditions.
Article 2 (Changes to these Terms and Conditions)
1. Our company may change or add (hereinafter simply referred to as "change") the contents of these terms and conditions, if our company deems it necessary, concerning the matters listed in the following items:
(1) Matters where such change or addition is consistent with the general interests of users.
(2) Matters where such change or addition does not contradict the purpose for which the contract based on these terms and conditions was concluded, and is reasonable in light of its necessity, the appropriateness of its content, and other circumstances related to the change or addition.
2. When making changes or additions in the preceding paragraph, our company shall notify users in advance of such changes and additions, and their effective date, via this website or other appropriate locations/methods related to this service.
3. The revised terms and conditions shall become effective from the date they are posted. Our company shall deem that users have provided valid and irrevocable consent to the revised terms and conditions by continuing to use this service after the changes. When using this service, please refer to the latest terms and conditions at any time.
Article 3 (User Registration)
1. In order for users to use this service, they must meet the conditions listed below, provide the information entered on this website for the start of service use (hereinafter referred to as "User Information") to our company by the method designated by our company, and agree to be registered as a user of this service:
(1) Being an individual or corporation residing in Japan.
(2) Having legal capacity or having obtained the consent of a legal representative.
(3) Having the communication environment necessary to access this website.
(4) Agreeing to these terms and conditions by the method stipulated in Article 1 (Application) Paragraph 2 of these terms and conditions.
(5) Not falling under the category of anti-social forces (meaning crime syndicates, members of crime syndicates, right-wing organizations, anti-social forces, and other similar entities; the same shall apply hereinafter).
(6) Not engaging in any interaction or involvement with anti-social forces, such as cooperating with or participating in the maintenance, operation, or management of anti-social forces through financial support or other means.
(7) Not having violated a contract with our company in the past.
2. Users shall strictly manage their user information under their own responsibility so that it is not known to third parties.
3. When there is a change in user information, users shall promptly change the user information according to the procedures designated by our company. Our company shall not be liable for any damages caused by the user's failure to make such changes to user information, except in cases where our company is responsible, and the user shall be solely responsible for any damages incurred by our company.
Article 4 (Identity Verification)
1. Users can use the functions on this website that require authentication by our company by authenticating their email address as a user ID and the combination of their password and said user ID upon login.
2. In no case shall users allow a third party to use their user ID and password, or lend, transfer, change the name of, or sell them.
3. Users shall appropriately manage, store, and use their user ID and password under their own responsibility, and users shall bear the responsibility for damages caused by insufficient management of their user ID or password, errors in use, or use by a third party.
4. Even if a user suffers damages due to a third party using their user ID and password, our company shall deem that the user who logs in with said user ID and password has used this service, and except in cases where our company is responsible, regardless of whether the user is at fault, our company shall not bear any responsibility whatsoever.
Article 5 (Intellectual Property Rights, etc.)
1. All content (text, images, materials, music, videos, logos, buttons, icons, edited data, software, programs, and other information) published on this website or contained in notifications sent by our company belongs to our company or to content providers who have licensed it to our company, and is protected by copyright law, design law, utility model law, international laws related thereto, and other intellectual property laws. Content on this website may not be copied, reproduced, modified, edited, distributed, sold, etc. without the permission of our company or the content provider.
2. If any problem regarding intellectual property rights such as copyright arises in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the user shall resolve such problem at their own expense and responsibility, and shall not cause any inconvenience or damage to our company.
3. Our company is not obligated to monitor any ideas, concepts, proposals, comments, or other information (hereinafter referred to as "Information, etc."; excluding personal information) sent by users to our company and this website via email or other means. Furthermore, our company shall deem that the user has waived all rights regarding such information (including the rights stipulated in Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act) at the time the user sends the information to our company. As a result, the rights regarding such Information, etc., shall belong to our company, and the user shall not exercise moral rights of authors or other rights. Our company shall not be bound by any confidentiality obligations regarding such Information, etc., and may use it for any purpose in the future without paying compensation to the user, and shall not be liable for any problems arising from such Information, etc.
Article 6 (Purchase of Products)
1. If a user wishes to purchase products sold by our company (hereinafter referred to as "the Products"), they shall apply for the purchase in accordance with the method separately presented by our company, and a sales contract for the Products shall be concluded upon notification of completion of the application by our company. Furthermore, once a user has applied for the purchase of the Products, they cannot withdraw or cancel the application, except where otherwise specified.
2. Due to the manufacturing and transportation status of the Products or other circumstances, our company may, at its discretion, impose restrictions on the shipment of the Products. For orders exceeding the restrictions, our company may notify the user and cancel the order or postpone the scheduled delivery date.
3. Even after the conclusion of the sales contract mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article, our company may cancel the order due to obstacles related to the manufacturing and transportation of the Products or other unavoidable circumstances.
Article 7 (Payment of Sales Price and Service Usage Fees)
After the conclusion of the service contract, the user shall pay the sales price and service usage fees separately posted by our company, associated with the user's application for this service, using the payment method designated by our company.
Article 8 (Transfer of Ownership and Risk)
1. Ownership of the Products shall transfer from our company to the user at the time the Products are handed over to the delivery company for delivery to the user.
2. Damages due to loss, damage, etc. of the Products caused by reasons attributable to neither our company nor the user shall be borne by our company if they occur before the handover to the delivery company mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and by the user if they occur after said handover.
Article 9 (Returns and Exchanges of Products)
[Changes/Additions to Products due to Customer's Convenience]
Changes or additions to products due to customer's convenience are not possible after the order has been completed. Also, if you place an order in two or more separate transactions, we cannot combine them into a single shipment.
[Cancellations due to Customer's Convenience]
Cancellations due to customer's convenience after an order has been completed (sales contract concluded) are not possible for any order, except in cases specifically approved by our company.
* We receive inquiries about forgetting to use coupons, but we generally cannot accommodate them. We may respond only to purchasers who made their purchase within one day.
[Returns due to Customer's Convenience]
Returns or exchanges due to customer's convenience are not possible, except for defective products or incorrect shipments.
[Product Exchange due to Initial Defect]
While we take every precaution regarding product quality, in the unlikely event that a delivered product differs from the ordered product or has defects such as damage, please contact us within 7 days of product arrival. We will promptly guide you through the return or exchange process.
* In the case of returns due to product defects, our company will bear the return shipping cost. Please send it cash on delivery. Please note that in the following cases, even if it is due to product defects, we cannot accept returns or any other claims:
・If the product has scratches, damage, or stains caused by the customer.
・If we were not contacted within 7 days of product arrival.
・If the product was returned without prior contact.
・If the ordered product differed from the user's subjective intention or expectation.
Article 10 (Prohibited Acts)
Users shall not engage in any of the following acts or acts that our company deems to fall under any of the following items when using this service:
(1) Acts that violate these terms and conditions.
(2) Acts that infringe or may infringe upon the property or personal rights, such as intellectual property rights, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, copyrights, or portrait rights, of our company, its licensors, or other third parties.
(3) Acts that cause or may cause disadvantage or damage to our company or a third party.
(4) Acts that unduly harm or may harm the honor, rights, or credibility of others.
(5) Acts that violate laws or ordinances.
(6) Acts that violate public order and morals or may violate them, or acts of providing information that may violate public order and morals to other users or third parties.
(7) Criminal acts, acts that lead to criminal acts, or acts that encourage them, or acts that may lead to them.
(8) Providing benefits to anti-social forces.
(9) Acts of providing false information or information that may be false.
(10) Unauthorized access to our company's system, alteration of program code associated therewith, intentional falsification of location information, cheating by using communication device specifications or other applications, distribution of computer viruses, acts that place excessive load on the network or system of this service, or other acts that interfere or may interfere with the normal operation of this service.
(11) Acts that damage or may damage the credibility of this service.
(12) Acts of using this service by impersonating a third party through the use of another user's account or other methods.
(13) Acts that directly or indirectly cause or facilitate any of the preceding items.
(14) Other acts that our company deems inappropriate.
Article 11 (Prohibition of Resale)
1. Users shall fully understand that if the Products are not used and managed appropriately, safety issues may arise, and agree not to resell the Products to third parties without our company's consent.
2. If our company determines that a user is reselling or attempting to resell the Products based on the frequency and quantity of orders, our company may refuse to accept the user's order or refuse to provide the Products without any notification to the user, by canceling the sales contract for the Products.
3. Our company cannot respond to quality assurance, quality control, safety management, transaction safety, or other troubles related to resale transactions or resold products associated with this service.
Article 12 (Special Provisions for Subscription Purchases)
1. If you subscribe to a course that delivers the Products regularly after a single order (hereinafter referred to as "Subscription Course"), our company will automatically deliver the Products according to the period and frequency stipulated in the sales contract concluded based on the subscription details, and users will pay the price each time the product is delivered. Users are requested to carefully check whether the course is a Subscription Course at the time of subscription, and if it is, the frequency, period, and other details.
2. The Subscription Course is a contract without a fixed term and will continue indefinitely unless the customer takes steps to cancel or suspend it, or it terminates for other reasons.
3. Cancellation and suspension of the Subscription Course will be accepted by the method separately designated by our company. Please note that the conditions and methods for suspension or cancellation may differ depending on the content of the Subscription Course and the characteristics of the Products. For details, please refer to the guidance separately presented by our company at the time of subscription to the Subscription Course and after purchase.
4. Our company may terminate the service usage contract by notifying the users of the Subscription Course in advance.
Article 13 (Termination of User Agreement by Our Company, etc.)
1. If a user falls under any of the following items, our company may, without any notification, terminate all or part of the service usage agreement with the user or restrict the use of this service:
(1) If the user violates any provision of these terms and conditions.
(2) If it is discovered that the information entered by the user when applying for this service was false or altered.
(3) If the user has previously been subjected to contract termination or service suspension by our company.
(4) If the product is returned after being sent to the user's registered address, due to the user not receiving it.
(5) If payment of debts related to this service is delayed, or the user refuses to pay.
(6) If it is discovered that the payment method specified by the user has become unavailable or has been suspended by a credit card company, collection agency, financial institution, etc.
(7) If it is discovered that the user has engaged in malicious acts such as repeated damage or loss when using this service.
(8) If it is discovered that a minor has used this service without the consent of their legal representative.
(9) If an adult ward, person under curatorship, or person under assistance uses this service without the consent of their adult guardian, curator, or assistant, etc.
(10) If our company receives notification from the user's heir or other parties that the user has died, or if our company confirms the fact of the user's death.
(11) If the user does not respond sincerely to our company's requests.
(12) In other cases where our company deems the user inappropriate for reasonable reasons.
2. Our company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the user due to the measures taken in the preceding paragraph.
3. A user whose contract has been terminated due to the measures in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall lose the benefit of time at the time of termination and shall immediately fulfill all obligations owed to our company.
Article 14 (Suspension of Service, etc.)
Our company may suspend or interrupt all or part of the provision of this service without prior notice to users in any of the following cases:
(1) When emergency inspection or maintenance work on the computer system related to this service is performed.
(2) When the operation of this service becomes impossible due to failures in computers, communication lines, etc., erroneous operations, excessive concentration of access, unauthorized access, hacking, etc.
(3) When the operation of this service becomes impossible due to force majeure such as earthquakes, lightning, fires, wind disasters, power outages, or other natural disasters.
(4) In other cases where our company deems suspension or interruption necessary.
Article 15 (Changes and Termination of Service Content)
Our company may change the content of this service or terminate its provision at its convenience.
Article 16 (Disclaimer)
1. Except where otherwise stipulated, our company shall not be liable for any damages, losses, disadvantages, etc., incurred by users due to the causes stipulated in the following items. However, this shall not apply if such damages are caused by our company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(1) The user's use or inability to use this website.
(2) The user's use or inability to use this service.
(3) The user information containing false information.
(4) The user's failure to change user information despite changes occurring.
(5) The user's improper management of user information or registered credit card, or its use by a third party, etc.
(6) Our company's communications, notifications, etc. not reaching the user due to the user's communication environment.
(7) Delays, misdeliveries, or undeliverable items regarding delivery.
(8) Acts such as user access to linked sites managed and operated by third parties.
(9) Unauthorized alteration, unauthorized access, introduction of computer viruses, or other fraudulent acts by users and third parties regarding this service, the Products, or software/content included in the Products.
(10) Troubles between users or between a user and a third party.
(11) Our company's termination of the service usage contract based on these terms and conditions.
(12) Changes, suspensions, or termination of this service.
2. Our company does not guarantee any of the following:
(1) That this service and the products will be suitable for the user's specific purpose and will have the quality and value expected by the user.
(2) That the functions of this website will operate without hindrance and that this website will not be interrupted or suspended.
(3) The accuracy, reliability, usefulness, and suitability of this website.
(4) The continuation or preservation of the identity of this service.
3. Our company shall not assume any of the following obligations:
(1) Monitoring and recording user actions on this website.
(2) Monitoring user information.
Article 17 (Damages)
1. If a user causes damage to our company in connection with a breach of the service usage agreement or the use of this service, the user shall compensate our company for the damages incurred (including lost profits and attorney's fees).
2. If the service usage agreement between our company and the user (including these terms and conditions) falls under a consumer contract as defined by the Consumer Contract Act, provisions that completely exempt our company from liability for damages shall not apply. In this case, if the damages incurred by the user are based on our company's default or tort, our company shall be liable for damages up to the amount paid by the user to our company in the last 6 months as consideration for the use of this service. However, this shall not apply if our company is guilty of willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Article 18 (Prohibition of Assignment of Claims, etc.)
1. The user shall agree in advance without objection that our company may, at its discretion, assign any claims it has against the user to a third party (hereinafter referred to as "Assignee" in this article) without prior demand or notification to the user.
2. If our company assigns claims it has against the user to an Assignee, the user shall agree in advance without objection that our company may provide the Assignee with the user's name, address, telephone number, and user information necessary to exercise such claims, as well as transaction information, for the purpose of the Assignee exercising such claims.
3. The user may not assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of all or part of their position under the service usage agreement or their rights or obligations under these terms and conditions to a third party without the prior written consent of our company.
Article 19 (Handling of Personal Information, etc.)
Our company shall appropriately handle personal information obtained from users (hereinafter referred to as "Personal Information") based on these terms and conditions and the "Privacy Policy" separately posted on this website, and users agree that our company handles Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Article 20 (Contact and Notification)
1. Unless otherwise specified, contact from our company shall be deemed completed when an email is sent from our company to the user's registered email address or the email address entered by the user at the time of applying for the service usage agreement. If our company sends an email, our company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the user due to the user not receiving or confirming said email, and the user shall be solely liable for any damages incurred by our company.
2. Inquiries regarding this service and other contacts or notifications from users to our company, and contacts or notifications from our company to users, shall be made via email or other methods designated by our company. Furthermore, when our company sends a notification, its effect shall arise from its dispatch by our company.
3. The user contact point for this service shall be the [LINE Contact Point] separately presented by our company on this website.
Article 21 (Agreed Jurisdiction, etc.)
1. Our company and the user shall, in the event of matters not stipulated in these terms and conditions or doubts arising in the interpretation of these terms and conditions, mutually discuss and promptly resolve them in accordance with the principle of good faith and trust.
2. Even if any provision of these terms and conditions or a part thereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect other parts, and the remaining parts of these terms and conditions shall remain valid and enforceable. Our company and the user agree to endeavor to ensure equivalent effects in accordance with the spirit of the provision or part deemed invalid or unenforceable, and to be bound by the amended terms and conditions.
3. Even if any provision of these terms and conditions or a part thereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in relation to one user, it shall not affect its validity or other aspects in relation to other users.
4. The governing law of these terms and conditions shall be Japanese law, and the District Court having jurisdiction over the location of our company's head office shall be the exclusive court of first instance for all disputes arising from or related to these terms and conditions.
