Using this Website

This website is operated by Helios Techno Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, "Helios Techno Holding") or its proxy. Before using this website, you are requested to read the terms of use indicated below and use the website only if you agree to these terms. Helios Techno Holding may revise the terms of use of this website. In such an event, the revised text will be shown, so please be sure to check the content of the most recent information. This website may also contain links to other websites operated by Helios Techno Holding and its affiliated companies. When using these sites, please be aware that you must consent to the terms of use stated within these websites.

Limits of use of the information on this website

The information contained on this website is protected by copyright acts, as well as various treaties and other laws of various countries. Use for purposes clearly recognized as exceeding personal-use and other legislation are prohibited. The use of information contained herein (including duplication, modification, uploading, posting, sending, distributing, licensing, sales and publication) without prior written consent from Helios Techno Holding is prohibited. Software provided by this website is the property of the rights holders of that software. If providing such software, please do so in accordance with the stipulations of software end-user license agreements indicated by the rights holder, copyright acts and various other treaties and legislation. Trademarks used on this website, as well as the names of Helios Techno Holding products, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Helios Techno Holding. Other product and company names are trade names and registered trademarks or trademarks of their individual companies.

Prohibited items

The following acts are prohibited with respect to this website.
(1) Acts that infringe on the rights or privacy of third parties or Helios Techno Holding or are in danger of such infringement
(2) Acts that inflict losses or damages to third parties or Helios Techno Holdings or are in danger of doing so
(3) Acts that offend public order and morals or are in danger of doing so
(4) Criminal acts, acts that are connected with criminal acts or acts that are in danger of being so
(5) Registration of other people's email addresses or other acts of false declaration or notification
(6) Acts conducted for the purpose of sales or profit or in preparation for sales or profit
(7) Acts that damage the reputation or trust of third parties or Helios Techno Holding
(8) The use or provision of computer viruses or other damaging programs or acts that are in danger of doing so
(9) Other acts that violate laws, ordinances or regulations or are in danger of doing so
(10) Other acts that Helios Techno Holding judges to be inappropriate

Linked sites

The content of third-party websites other than those of Helios Techno Holdings with links to or from this website (hereinafter, "Linked Sites") are managed under the responsibility of their various companies and are not managed by Helios Techno Holdings. Please use Linked Sites in accordance with the terms of use stated on those Linked Sites. Helios Techno Holding accepts no responsibility for the content of Linked Sites or responsibility for any damage that may occur as the result of using such sites. Furthermore, links to this website do not indicate that Helios Techno Holding recommends those Linked Sites; the products, services or companies represented on those Linked Sites; or that any alliance or other special relationship exists between Helios Techno Holding and the Linked Sites.

Ideas and other proposals

We welcome any ideas related to new products, technologies, designs, manufacturing methods, advertising and promotion, marketing and the like, as well as memos, drawings, concepts or other proposals (hereinafter, "Proposals") that you may wish to provide to Helios Techno Holding. However, please understand that Helios Techno Holding also conducts its own research and development on a daily basis and may already possess unannounced ideas that are very similar to Proposals you have provided. This reality may lead to misunderstandings or disputes. To prevent such unforeseen situations from materializing in the future, in general Helios Techno Holdings prefers to refrain from accepting Proposals. We ask for your cooperation in this regard. If you provide Proposals regardless of Helios Techno Holding's above-stated policy, in principle we will return Proposals without considering or evaluating their content. Furthermore, please understand that any Proposals are sent with the understanding of the following points.
1. Helios Techno Holding is not bound by confidentiality for any Proposals it has been sent.
2. Helios Techno Holding is not obligated to consider, evaluate or adopt any Proposals it has been sent.
3. Even in the event that Helios Techno Holding adopts proposals that are the same as or similar to, either wholly or in part, proposals it has been sent, Helios Techno Holding bears no responsibility whatsoever to the party providing Proposals, including for the payment of compensation.

Governing law and court of jurisdiction

Unless otherwise specified, the use of this website and the interpretation and application of these terms of use are governed by the laws of Japan. All disputes related to the use of this website shall, unless otherwise specified, be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Kobe District Court in the first instance.