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Terms of Use of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Website

Using the content

Information made available on this website (hereinafter referred to as “Content”) may be freely used, copied, publicly transmitted, translated, or otherwise modified on condition that the user complies with provisions 1) to 6) below, with the exception of Content where other terms of use are applied. Commercial use of Content is also permitted.
Note, however, that numerical data and data in simple tables, graphs, and so forth are not subject to copyright. Accordingly, the terms of use do not apply to such data, and said data may be used freely.
Use of the Content constitutes agreement by the user with these terms of use for using the Content described herein (hereinafter referred to as “Terms of Use”).

1) Source citation

a. The user must cite the source when using the Content. Sources should be cited in the following manner:
 
(Examples of source citation)
  • Source: Quasi-Zenith Satellite System website (URL of the relevant page)
  • Source: XX Survey (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System website) (URL of the relevant page) (accessed on year/month/day)
 
Images and videos can be used with the following citation method:
  • Source: qzss.go.jp
  • Provided by: National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office
 
b. If you have edited the Content for use, you must include a statement expressing that the content has been edited, in addition to the abovementioned source citation, but not in any way making public or using edited information in a format that may be misconstrued as having been created by the QZSS website.
 
(Example of citation when using edited content)
  • Created by editing the XX Report (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System website) (URL of the relevant page)
  • Created by Company YY based on XX Survey (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System website) (URL of the relevant page)

2) No infringement of third-party rights

a. In some cases, a third party (refers to a party other than this website. Hereinafter referred to as “Third Party”) may hold copyrights or other rights to a part of the Content. For Content where a Third Party holds copyrights or other rights (e.g. portrait rights in a photograph, publicity rights, etc.), it is the responsibility of the user to obtain consent for use from the Third Party unless there is explicit indication that the rights have already been cleared.

b. If a Third Party holds rights to a part of the Content, said fact may be directly or indirectly stated or indicated through source citations, but in some cases the part of the Content to which the Third Party holds the rights may not be clear or may not be explicitly stated. It is the responsibility of the user to confirm the rights pertaining to use of the Content.

c. The user must comply with the terms and conditions of the source provider for information on external websites linked from the QZSS website and Content obtained through Application Programming Interface (API) links to external databases, etc.

d. Even if a Third Party holds copyrights to the Content, some use of the Content, such as quoting, may be allowed without the consent of the copyright holder, under the Copyright Act of Japan.

3) Governing law and jurisdiction

a. The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.

b. In case of disputes relating to the use of the Content based on the Terms of Use, or the Terms of Use, the user agrees that the exclusive court of first instance shall be the district court with jurisdiction in the place where the organization that has published the disputed Content or Terms of Use is located.

4) Content where the Terms of Use does not apply

The Terms of Use herein does not apply to the following Content.
a. Symbol marks, logos, and character designs that represent the organization or specific business.

b. Content where other terms of use apply with rational and concrete reason.

5) Disclaimer

a. This website bears absolutely no responsibility for any action taken by the user involving the use of the Content (including use of information based on edited Content).

b. The Content may be modified, moved, or deleted without prior notice.

6) Other

a. The Terms of Use does not limit those types of uses for which, under the Copyright Act of Japan, license from the right holders are not required.

b. The Terms of Use was established on March 23, 2015 (revised on September 29, 2017). The Terms of Use is based on the Government of Japan Standard Terms and Conditions (Version 2.0). The Terms of Use may be modified in the future. If you are already using Content under previous version of the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use, these terms and conditions will continue to apply.

c. The Terms of Use are compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (Creative Commons Corporation website) (hereinafter referred to as “the CC License”). This means that Content based on the Terms of Use may be used under the CC License in lieu of the Terms of Use.

Content to which separate usage rules apply

Other rules shall apply to the following Content.
Please refer to the relevant links below for details.

Contact information

Opinions, comments, etc. can be submitted to the website via the Contact Us form.

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