These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) set out the conditions for using the service we provide (the “Service”). Users (“you”) use the Service in accordance with these Terms.
Article 1 (Application)
- These Terms apply to every relationship between you and us concerning your use of the Service.
- In addition to these Terms, we may establish various rules regarding the Service, such as rules of use (“Individual Provisions”). Regardless of their name, these Individual Provisions form part of these Terms.
- If any provision of these Terms conflicts with an Individual Provision, the Individual Provision prevails unless the Individual Provision states otherwise.
Article 2 (Use of the Service)
- A person wishing to use the Service may begin using some of its features by agreeing to these Terms.
- We may suspend a person's use of the Service if we determine that any of the following applies to that person, and we have no obligation whatsoever to disclose our reasons.
- The person provided false information when applying to use the Service.
- The application is from a person who has previously breached these Terms.
- We otherwise determine that the use is not appropriate.
Article 3 (Fees and Payment)
- You shall pay the fees that we separately determine and display in the Service, as consideration for the paid portions of the Service, using the methods designated by Apple or Google.
Article 4 (Prohibited Conduct)
In using the Service, you shall not engage in any of the following.
- Conduct that violates laws or public order and morals
- Conduct connected with a criminal act
- Conduct that destroys or interferes with the functioning of our servers or networks, or those of other users of the Service or of third parties
- Conduct that may interfere with the operation of the Service
- Collecting or accumulating personal information about other users
- Gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access
- Impersonating another user
- Directly or indirectly providing benefits to organized crime groups in connection with the Service
- Infringing the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy, reputation, or other rights or interests of other users of the Service or of third parties
- Posting or transmitting on the Service content that contains, or that we determine contains, any of the following
- Excessively violent expression
- Sexually explicit expression
- Expression leading to discrimination based on race, nationality, creed, gender, social status, family origin, or the like
- Expression that induces or encourages suicide, self-harm, or drug abuse
- Other antisocial content that causes discomfort to others
- Conduct for any of the following purposes, or that we determine to be for any of them
- Sales, promotion, advertising, solicitation, or other commercial purposes (except those we have approved)
- Sexual acts or obscene acts
- Meeting or dating a person of the opposite sex whom you have never met
- Harassing or defaming other users
- Causing disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to other users of the Service or to third parties
- Using the Service for any purpose other than those for which it is intended
- Religious activities or solicitation for religious organizations
- Any other conduct that we determine to be inappropriate
Article 5 (Suspension of the Service)
- We may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice to you if we determine that any of the following applies.
- We are carrying out maintenance, inspection, or updates of the computer systems used for the Service.
- Providing the Service has become difficult due to force majeure such as an earthquake, lightning, fire, power failure, or natural disaster.
- A computer or telecommunications line has stopped due to an accident.
- We otherwise determine that providing the Service is difficult.
- We accept no responsibility whatsoever for any disadvantage or damage suffered by you or a third party as a result of the suspension or interruption of the Service.
Article 6 (Copyright)
- You may use the Service to post or upload only text, images, video, and other information for which you hold the necessary intellectual property rights, including copyright, or for which you have obtained permission from the necessary rights holders.
- Copyright in text, images, video, and the like that you post or upload using the Service remains with you or the other existing rights holders. However, we may use such text, images, video, and the like to the extent necessary to improve the Service, raise its quality, correct deficiencies, or publicize and promote the Service, and you agree not to exercise your moral rights as an author in relation to such use.
- Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Service and in all information relating to the Service belong to us or to the rights holders who have licensed their use to us. You shall not reproduce, transfer, lend, translate, modify, reprint, publicly transmit (including making transmittable), distribute, publish, or use commercially any of it without permission.
Article 7 (Restriction of Use and Cancellation of Registration)
- If any of the following applies to you, we may, without prior notice, delete your posted data, restrict your use of all or part of the Service, or cancel your registration as a user.
- You breach any provision of these Terms.
- It becomes clear that your registered details contain false information.
- The credit card you registered as your payment method is suspended.
- You fail to pay fees or other amounts owed.
- You do not respond to our communications for a certain period.
- You have not used the Service for a certain period since your last use.
- We otherwise determine that your use of the Service is not appropriate.
- If any item in the preceding paragraph applies, you automatically lose the benefit of time with respect to all obligations owed to us and must immediately pay all such obligations in a lump sum.
- We accept no responsibility for any damage caused to you by actions we take under this Article.
Article 8 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)
- We make no warranty, express or implied, that the Service is free from defects in fact or in law (including defects relating to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, fitness for a particular purpose, or security, as well as errors, bugs, and infringement of rights).
- We accept no responsibility whatsoever for any damage caused to you arising out of the Service. However, this exemption does not apply where the contract between you and us concerning the Service (including these Terms) constitutes a consumer contract under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan.
- Even in the case described in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, we accept no responsibility whatsoever for damage arising from special circumstances among the damage caused to you by our negligent non-performance or tort. In addition, compensation for damage caused to you by our negligent non-performance or tort is limited to the amount of fees we received from you in the month in which the damage occurred.
- We accept no responsibility for any transaction, communication, or dispute arising between you and another user or a third party in connection with the Service.
Article 9 (Changes to the Service)
We may change the content of the Service or discontinue providing it without notice to you, and we accept no responsibility whatsoever for any damage this causes you. However, this exemption does not apply where the contract between you and us concerning the Service (including these Terms) constitutes a consumer contract under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan.
Article 10 (Paid Content)
- You may purchase paid content within parts of the Service by paying the applicable consideration. We separately determine the price, usage period, payment method, and other terms of paid content and display them in the Service or by the means of notice we designate.
- There are two types of paid content.
- One-time purchase (non-consumable): once purchased, no further charges occur.
- Auto-renewing subscription (such as the annual plan): the fee is charged to your Apple Account or Google Play account when the purchase is confirmed.
- An auto-renewing subscription renews automatically, and the fee for the renewed period is charged, unless you cancel auto-renewal by the time specified by Apple or Google (for purchases made through the App Store, at least 24 hours before the end of the current period).
- You must cancel an auto-renewing subscription yourself, using the method specified by Apple or Google (for example, the subscription management screen of the App Store or Google Play). Auto-renewal is not stopped by any operation within the Service, by uninstalling the Service, by cancelling your registration, or by contacting us.
- Even if you cancel an auto-renewing subscription part-way through a period, no pro-rata refund is made, and you may continue to use the paid content until the end of that period.
- We may change the price of content offered free of charge or for a fee within the Service at our discretion. However, where we change the price of an auto-renewing subscription that applies after renewal, you will be notified in advance by the method specified by Apple or Google, and where required by law or by Apple's or Google's rules, your consent will be obtained.
- Paid content is licensed for use by the purchasing user only.
- Even if your use is suspended or restricted or your registration is cancelled, you must still stop auto-renewal yourself by the method described in paragraph 4, and fees already paid are not refunded except as provided in the following paragraph.
- Except where a refund is required by law or is made under Apple's or Google's rules, we do not refund purchases of paid content.
Article 11 (Use Without Registering an Account)
The Service can also be used without registering an account.
If you use the Service without registering an account, we do not guarantee the integrity of your data when you uninstall the Service or change devices.
Article 12 (Changes to These Terms)
We may change these Terms at any time without notice to you if we determine it necessary. If you begin using the Service after these Terms are changed, you are deemed to have agreed to the amended Terms.
Article 13 (Handling of Personal Information)
We handle personal information obtained through your use of the Service appropriately, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Article 14 (Notices and Communications)
Notices and communications between you and us shall be made by the methods we designate. Unless you notify us of a change in accordance with the method we separately determine, we will treat the contact details currently registered as valid, send notices or communications to those details, and such notices or communications are deemed to have reached you at the time of transmission.
Article 15 (No Assignment of Rights and Obligations)
You may not assign to a third party, or offer as security, your status under the use contract or any rights or obligations under these Terms, without our prior written consent.
Article 16 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
- These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of Japan.
- Any dispute concerning the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court having jurisdiction over the location of our head office.
Article 17 (Language)
The Japanese version of these Terms is the official text. Even where a translation of these Terms has been prepared, if there is any discrepancy between the Japanese version and the translation, the Japanese version prevails. You can read the Japanese version here.
[Established December 30, 2021]
[Updated February 15, 2023]
[Updated July 16, 2026]