Privacy Policy

This is a reference translation. The Japanese original prevails.

Privacy Policy

The Association complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and related laws and regulations, as well as the guidelines and other norms set by the government, and endeavors to handle the acquisition, use and management of personal information (information that can identify a specific individual) appropriately, as follows.

  • Acquisition of personal information: The Association acquires personal information by lawful and fair means, and only to the minimum extent necessary for the purposes stated below. When acquiring personal information, the Association states the purpose, and as a rule acquires the information only when it is provided voluntarily.

  • Purposes of use of personal information: The Association uses the personal information it acquires within the scope of the following purposes.

  • Responding to inquiries.

  • Providing services in line with the Association’s purposes.

  • Work related to the operation of the Association, such as communication among members and officers.

  • Provision of personal information to third parties: Except as permitted by law, the Association does not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the person concerned.

  • Management of personal information: The Association endeavors to manage the personal information it acquires as necessary and appropriate to prevent its leakage, loss, destruction, alteration and the like. However, personal information that has been disclosed by the providers themselves or that is already public is outside the scope of the Association’s management.

  • Disclosure and correction of personal information: When a person who provided personal information requests or asks for disclosure or correction of personal information about themselves, the Association will, after confirming the identity of the person, disclose or correct it without delay.

  • Changes to the purposes of use: When the Association changes the purposes of use of personal information, it will not do so beyond the scope reasonably recognized as having a substantial relationship with the purposes before the change, and it will notify the person concerned of, or publish, the changed purposes.

  • Revision of this Privacy Policy: The Association may revise this Privacy Policy so that personal information is protected effectively. Revisions will be announced on the Association’s website.

  • Inquiries about personal information: Please send any requests or inquiries about the handling of the personal information you provided through the contact form.

  • Use of Google Analytics: To communicate more effectively, this site uses Google Analytics to collect and analyze data such as how the site is used. In doing so, Google may collect information such as visitors’ IP addresses through cookies, but the information collected through cookies does not identify individuals. The collected data are managed under Google’s privacy policy. By using this site, you are deemed to have consented to the processing of data by Google and by this site in the manner and for the purposes described above.

  • Google’s privacy policy:

  • https://policies.google.com/privacy

  • https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites