YOLO JAPAN Membership Terms and Conditions

These YOLO JAPAN Membership Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms") apply when you use the comprehensive job search information service website on the Internet provided by YOLO JAPAN Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and the message delivery and other job-hunting support services for members incidental to the said site (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

Article 1 (Definitions)

1. "Member" refers to a job seeker who has registered for the Service.

2. "Hiring Company" refers to a company that posts job offers on the Service.
3. "Scout" refers to a service where Hiring Companies can view the public information (including profile picture (icon), nationality, residence status, age, gender, address (up to city/ward/town/village), willingness to relocate, willingness to change jobs, Japanese language level, language qualifications, languages spoken, the most recent three work experiences, desired industry, desired job type, desired work location, etc., hereinafter referred to as "Public Information") from the work history information registered by the Member (hereinafter referred to as "Work History Information"), excluding non-public information specified by the Company such as name, email address, phone number, date of birth, details of residence status, self-introduction video, etc., and then send emails, etc. to solicit applications for job offers containing job information. Members agree that by setting to receive Scouts, the above Public Information will be disclosed to Hiring Companies and that they may receive Scouts from Hiring Companies.

Article 2 (Members)

1. Members shall register their personal information (as defined by the Personal Information Protection Law) and other information to the Service through procedures specified by the Company (hereinafter referred to as "Member Registration"). After such Member Registration, Members can use the Service.
2. Members are deemed to have accepted all the contents of these Terms at the time of Member Registration or use of the Service. The expression of non-acceptance is only recognized by not registering for the Service.

Article 3 (Member Registration and Member Responsibilities, etc.)

1. Users of the Service shall register for the Service of their own will and responsibility, and use it according to the method notified by the Company to the Members.
2. Members shall be fully responsible for the accuracy, truthfulness, up-to-dateness, etc. of all registration information registered on the Service.
3. Members shall be responsible for the content of information provided to Hiring Companies, etc. through applications, and the Company shall not bear any responsibility for this, which Members agree to in advance.
4. Members are fully responsible for the use and management of their password and account (hereinafter referred to as "Password, etc."). The Company shall not be liable for any damages arising from the use and management of the Password, etc., or any damages arising from the use of the Service, including but not limited to cases of theft, loss, fraudulent use, unauthorized use by others, regardless of whether the Member is responsible or not, except for damages attributable to the Company.
5. Members agree in advance that a Password, etc. is necessary to use the Service. However, users of the Service agree in advance that if the Company cannot confirm that the person making the inquiry is the Member themselves when the Member makes an inquiry to the Company, the Company may not be able to respond to the inquiry from the said Member.
6. If there is a claim or request for deletion of registration information from a third party because all or part of the registration information registered by the Member on the Service was incorrect, the Member agrees in advance that the Company may delete all or part of the said registration information without prior notice.
7. Even if a Member does not cancel their Member Registration or does not wish to cancel it, if they have not logged into the Service even once during the 1 year after Member Registration, their Member Registration may be canceled during the Service's database maintenance.
8. Among the sent and received messages with Hiring Companies, etc. (including the contents of sent and received Scouts) stored in the Service's database by the Member, those exceeding the past 1 year may be deleted during the Service's database maintenance.
9. When a Member receives a Scout, they shall not print the screen or disclose it to third parties.
10. Members agree in advance to use the Service with the understanding that the Company does not guarantee the certainty of any effects of the Service, including the certainty of employment, receiving Scouts or job information from Hiring Companies, etc., receiving recommendations to Hiring Companies, etc. who are the providers of job information, being hired by Hiring Companies, etc.
11. Members agree in advance that they may receive usage guidance for individual services of the Company upon starting to use the Service. Members also confirm that the provision of individual services does not start for Members just by receiving such guidance, and if there are separate procedures set by the Company, they shall use individual services after completing such procedures.
12. Members shall not engage in the following actions on the Service:
1. (1) Intentionally registering/providing false information
2. (2) Registering/providing information that is not about themselves
3. (3) Infringing on the rights of others such as copyrights, trademark rights, privacy rights, name rights, portrait rights, honor, etc.
4. (4) Defaming individuals or organizations
5. (5) Actions that violate laws, public order, and morals, or actions that may do so
6. (6) Registering/providing information, etc. for profit purposes
7. (7) Actions that cause disadvantage to the Company or third parties
8. (8) Actions that interfere with the operation of the Service or damage the trust of the Company

Article 4 (Application)

1. Members can view job information posted on the Service, select it at their own judgment and responsibility, and apply for it.
2. When a Member applies for a job, in addition to the Public Information, their name, email address, address, phone number, date of birth, details of residence status, self-introduction video, etc. will be additionally disclosed to the Hiring Company.

Article 5 (Scout)

1. If a Member does not reply to a received Scout for a certain period, the Company may, at its discretionary judgment, provide information about the Hiring Company that sent the Scout to the Member, etc.
2. When a Member applies for a job from a received Scout, in addition to the Public Information, their name, email address, address, phone number, date of birth, details of residence status, self-introduction video, etc. will be additionally disclosed to the Hiring Company.

Article 6 (Information Provided by the Service)

1. Members agree in advance to use at their own responsibility the information provided in Scouts (including but not limited to company information about Hiring Companies, job information, advertisements, and other information provided by third parties) and information provided to Members from Hiring Companies, etc., with the understanding that the Company does not guarantee the up-to-dateness, truthfulness, legality, safety, appropriateness, usefulness, and certainty of employment of the provided information, which is provided under the responsibility of third parties including the Hiring Companies.
2. The Company does not guarantee that ① there will be no defects, errors, or obstacles in the provision of Scouts, ② the information obtained from Scouts is accurate, ③ Scouts and the information that can be obtained through Scouts meet the expectations of Members.
3. If a third party reposts information provided on the Service on a website other than the Service, the Company does not guarantee the up-to-dateness, truthfulness, legality, safety, appropriateness, usefulness of the information on that website, regardless of whether the reposting is identifiable to Members as being from the Service.
4. When a Member searches for job information, the Company may display job information based on the degree of interest that the Member may have in the job information by matching the information of each job information (job content, work location, etc.) with the search conditions set by the Member and their behavior history, etc. on some search result display screens.

Article 7 (Force Majeure)

The Company shall not be liable for any damages caused by virus damage that cannot be prevented by normal virus countermeasures, damages caused by natural disasters, or other causes not attributable to the Company (hereinafter referred to as "Force Majeure"). The Company cannot guarantee that data in the Service will not be deleted or changed due to these Force Majeure events. Members are requested to save data in the Service at their own responsibility.

Article 8 (Questionnaires, etc. to Members)

1. Members shall provide opinions and information, etc. in response to questionnaires, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Questionnaires") conducted by the Company to Members of their own will and responsibility.
2. The Company may publish the contents of the Questionnaire results within the Service or in the Company's press releases, etc., provide them to third parties such as Hiring Companies, and edit and reprint the response contents without the prior consent of Members. In this case, the copyright of the reprinted Questionnaire results shall all belong to the Company.
3. The Company may send Questionnaires to Members based on their Work History Information, and send phone calls or emails to conduct hearings for purposes such as improving the quality of Scouts, supporting Members' job-hunting activities, and confirming the effects of Scouts (including confirming the status of selection by Hiring Companies, but not limited to these).
4. The Company may use the information obtained from Members through the preceding paragraph for purposes such as improving the quality of Scouts, supporting the job-hunting activities of the said Members, inquiring about facts to Hiring Companies, and improving the Service.

Article 9 (Advertisement Posting)

The Company may post advertisements of the Company or third parties who have requested posting to the Company in the services it provides.

Article 10 (Intellectual Property Rights)

The intellectual property rights (including rights stipulated in Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act) and industrial property rights (including rights to obtain industrial property rights) related to the Service belong to the Company.

Article 11 (Viewing, Aggregation, and Use of Statistical Information, Attribute Information, and Usage Records)

1. Members agree in advance that the Company may confirm usage records using the Service's system. Also, Members agree in advance that the Company may view and use usage records and their contents as follows:
1. (1) The Company may view and use them to the extent necessary for operations such as understanding the operational status of the Service and providing information about Hiring Companies that have sent Scouts to Members
2. (2) The period of viewing and use specified in the preceding item may continue even after becoming a non-member (regardless of the reason)
3. (3) The Company may create statistical data, etc. by aggregating, analyzing, and processing in a way that does not identify specific individuals, and use such statistical data, etc. without any restrictions (including but not limited to proposals to companies and third parties, market research, development of new services)
2. Members agree in advance that the Company may use the following methods for Members' usage records in the Service, exchanges with Hiring Companies, etc. (including not only the content of Scouts, contacts, etc., information about the parties sending and receiving, but also all information related to exchanges including the number of sends and receives, the existence or non-existence of exchanges. Specifically, this refers to the content of Scouts, applications, emails, contacts, etc. with listed companies (including but not limited to information about job offers), template names, subjects, senders, recipients, status of sending/receiving/opening/viewing/replying, etc. (including but not limited to date and time, existence, number, status, etc.)), and information about the process and results of job-hunting activities through the Service:
1. (1) Determining recipients and posted job offers for recommended job offer emails This refers to a function that sends some of the posted job offers to Members as recommendations by email, etc. (Members can also search for other job offers). Example of items used: Status of sending/receiving/opening/viewing/applying/not applying to Scouts and emails
2. (2) Service improvement, new development, planning, and marketing It may be used for improving Scout functions, developing and improving algorithms, etc. It may also be used for improving services that Members are not using. Example of items used: Status of sending/receiving, subject, content, opening, viewing, applying, etc. of Scouts and emails
3. (3) Responding to inquiries and troubles It may be used for fact-checking of inquiry contents, etc. Example of items used: Status of sending/receiving, subject, content, opening, viewing, applying, etc. of Scouts and emails
4. (4) Creation and provision of statistical reports It may be used for reports on the number of openings, etc. and proposal materials for listed companies. Example of items used: Status of sending/receiving, opening, viewing, applying, etc. of Scouts
5. (5) Proofreading of Scout messages The Company may proofread Scout messages created by listed companies for Members. The Company will appropriately and fairly proofread the content of Scout messages, and may guide listed companies for correction, considering the protection of Members' privacy and personal information. Example of items used: Subject, content, etc. of Scout messages
6. (6) Confirmation of whether success fees can be charged to listed companies and the content It may be used to confirm whether success fees can be charged to listed companies, when they can be charged, the amount that can be charged, etc. Example of items used: Status of sending/receiving, opening, viewing, applying of Scouts, subject, content, sender, recipient, etc. of Scout messages

Article 12 (Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces)

1. Members represent and warrant that they do not currently fall under any of the following categories and promise that they will not fall under any of these categories in the future: an organized crime group, a member of an organized crime group, a person who has been a member of an organized crime group within the past five years, a quasi-member of an organized crime group, a company affiliated with an organized crime group, a corporate racketeer, etc., a racketeering organization disguised as a social movement, etc., a crime group specialized in intellectual crimes, or any other person equivalent to these (hereinafter referred to as "Antisocial Forces"):
1. (1) Having a relationship that is deemed to be controlled by Antisocial Forces in terms of management
2. (2) Having a relationship that is deemed to have Antisocial Forces substantially involved in management
3. (3) Having a relationship that is deemed to be unjustly using Antisocial Forces, such as for the purpose of pursuing illicit gains for oneself or a third party or for the purpose of inflicting damage on a third party
4. (4) Having a relationship that is deemed to be involved in providing funds, etc. or convenience to Antisocial Forces
5. (5) Having a relationship where officers or persons substantially involved in management have a socially condemnable relationship with Antisocial Forces
2. Members promise not to engage in any of the following acts themselves or through the use of a third party:
1. (1) Violent demanding acts
2. (2) Unreasonable demanding acts beyond legal responsibility
3. (3) Threatening words and behaviors or use of violence in relation to transactions
4. (4) Acts of damaging the credit of the other party or obstructing the business of the other party by spreading rumors, using fraudulent means, or using force
5. (5) Any other acts equivalent to the preceding items

Article 13 (Expulsion)

If the Company determines that a Member has violated the Membership Terms, the Company may temporarily suspend all or part of the use of the Service by the said Member or expel the said Member from the Service without prior notice. Also, depending on the manner of violation of the Membership Terms, the Company may, at its discretion, without prior notice to the said Member, invalidate applications or inquiries from the said Member to Hiring Companies, etc., invalidate the setting for the said Member to receive Scouts for the future if the said Member has set to receive Scouts, invalidate messages from Hiring Companies, etc. to the said Member, replies from the said Member to Hiring Companies, etc., or inquiries to the Company, etc., and take other measures deemed appropriate by the Company.

Article 14 (Disclaimer and Compensation)

1. The Company shall not be liable for any damages (including all disadvantages such as mental suffering, interruption of job-seeking activities, or other financial losses) arising from the registration for use of the Service and the use of the Service by Members (including information provision acts, etc. by the Company, Hiring Companies, etc., or third parties accompanying these), unless there is negligence on the part of the Company. Even if the Company is liable, unless there is intentional or gross negligence on the part of the Company, the Company's liability shall be limited to direct and ordinary damages.
2. In the Service, some services and functions (including Work History Information function, etc.) may become unavailable due to maintenance, enhancement, failures, etc., which are necessary or unavoidable reasons for the operation of the Service. The Company shall not be liable for any damages (including all disadvantages such as mental suffering, interruption of job-seeking activities, or other financial losses) arising from these, unless there is negligence on the part of the Company. Even if the Company is liable, unless there is intentional or gross negligence on the part of the Company, the Company's liability shall be limited to direct and ordinary damages.
3. If costs are incurred by the Company or if the Company makes payments such as compensation in connection with claims, etc. arising from the actions of a Member, the User shall bear the costs and compensation, etc. paid by the Company (including attorney fees paid by the Company).

Article 15 (Changes to the Service, etc.)

1. The Company may change or temporarily suspend the Service without prior notice to Members.
2. The Company may suspend or terminate the provision of the entire Service for a long term after notifying Members with a one-month notice period.

Article 16 (Temporary Suspension, Change, or Discontinuation of the Service)

1. The Company may temporarily suspend the Service without prior notice or consent if it determines that any of the following reasons apply:
1. (1) When performing system maintenance or changes
2. (2) When a natural disaster or other emergency occurs or is likely to occur, making it difficult to operate the Service
3. (3) When the Company deems it necessary and unavoidable for other reasons
2. The service content, information, and URL of the Service may be changed or discontinued without notice.

Article 17 (Validity Period of these Terms)

These Terms shall apply from the time a Member registers for the Service until their registration is canceled. However, the provisions of Article 10 (Intellectual Property Rights), Article 14 (Disclaimer and Compensation), Article 18 (Confidentiality Obligation), Article 19 (Prohibition of Transfer of Rights and Obligations), and Article 22 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction) shall continue to be effective even after registration cancellation.

Article 18 (Confidentiality Obligation)

Users shall not disclose to third parties any non-public information about the Company that they have learned in relation to the use of the Service.

Article 19 (Prohibition of Transfer of Rights and Obligations)

Users may not transfer to a third party all or part of their contractual position and the rights and obligations arising therefrom for all contracts based on these Terms without the prior written consent of the Company.

Article 20 (Changes to the Membership Terms)

The Company may change the Membership Terms at any time. The changes shall be deemed to have been accepted by all Members when displayed on the Service for one month.

Article 21 (Translation)

These Terms are written in Japanese. In case of any discrepancy between the Japanese version and versions translated into other languages, the Japanese version shall prevail.

Article 22 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

The governing law for the Service and these Membership Terms shall be Japanese law, and the Osaka District Court or Osaka Summary Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance for all disputes arising in relation to the Service or these Membership Terms.