The following are the terms of use (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms of use") for the online academic conference application "ONLINE CONF" (hereinafter referred to as the "Application" and the services provided by the Application as the "Services") designed and operated by AGRI SMILE Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company").

Article 1 (Application of the Terms)

Terms of use defines the conditions under which users of the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Members") may use the Service. The Members shall use the Service in accordance with the Terms of use as well as the contents of the Privacy Policy and the Application.
The Service is provided only to members who have agreed to the Terms of use. By using the Service, the Members are deemed to have agreed to the Terms of use.
The Service, in addition to the Terms of use, may be subject to rules set forth in the Application, and the rules set forth in the Application above shall constitute a part of the Terms of use.
4. In case of any discrepancy between the contents of the Terms of use and the rules set forth in the Application, the rules set forth in the Application shall take precedence.

Article 2 (Revision of the Terms)

The Company may change the content of the rules stipulated in the Terms of use and Application within the scope of the purpose of the Service, in accordance with the provisions of Article 548-4 of the Civil Code, when it is deemed that there is a reasonable reason to do so, such as when it is in the general interest of the Members.
In the event that the Company changes the rules set forth in the Terms of use or Application based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify the Members of the contents of the changed the Terms of use by posting them on the website operated by the Company or at appropriate locations in the Application. Revised Terms of use shall apply from the date on which a reasonable period of time specified in this notice has elapsed.
The Members shall be deemed to have agreed to the changes in the Terms of use if the Members use the Service after the changes in the Terms of use and the rules set forth in the Application have been made in accordance with Paragraph 1. The Members who do not agree to the changes in the Terms of use should stop using the Service.
In the event that the Company changes the Terms of use other than in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1, the Company shall obtain the consent of each Member with respect to the content of the changed Terms of use. In this case, the Company will also notify the Members of the revised Terms of use in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2.

Article 3 (Description of the Service)

The Service consists of the services provided on the website operated and managed by the Company, the services provided on the Application, and the Company’s services incidental thereto, and the Members shall confirm these service specifications in advance and use the Service upon acceptance.
In the Terms of use, the following words shall have the following meanings.

The Service: A service provided by the Company under the name of "ONLINE CONF" that enables the holding of conferences in an online format or in a hybrid format with an on-site format, and accelerates the exchange and development of researchers (if the name or content of the service is changed for any reason, the service after the change shall be included).
Platform: A set of facilities constructed by the Company to provide the Service.
Company Website: the website operated by the Company whose domain is "ishr2025.gakkai.online" (if the domain or content of the Company’s website is changed for any reason, the website after such change is included)
External service: any service provided by another company that is used to implement the Service
External Service Provider: Service provider of External Service.
External Terms of Use: The terms that define the relationship of rights between the Subscriber and the External Service Provider.

Article 4 (Responsibility of Members)

The Members shall be responsible for determining the reliability and interpretation of the information provided by the Company in the Service, and the Company shall not be responsible for such information.
The Members shall use the Services at their own risk, and the Members shall be responsible for any and all actions taken using the Service or any damages incurred by informing a third party of such actions. The Company does not guarantee the suitability, completeness, accuracy, usefulness, etc., and shall not be liable to the Members or third parties.

Article 5 (Maintenance of Usage Environment)

The Members shall, at their own responsibility and expense, prepare communication equipment, software, public lines, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Communication Equipment, etc.") in order to use the Service.
The Members shall maintain and manage the Communication Equipment, etc. at their own responsibility so as not to interfere with the use of the Application. In addition, The Members shall be responsible for managing and bearing all costs related to the Service connection with telecommunication carriers when using the Service.

Article 6 (Members)

Any person who wishes to use the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Applicant") shall register as a Member in accordance with the following terms and conditions. Any person who has been approved by the Company for registration as a Member as set forth in Paragraph 5 of this Article and who has an e-mail address that can be used to send and receive messages from the Company shall be registered as a Member and may use the Service.
In the event that the Applicant applies for registration as a Member as set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "Application"), the Applicant shall transmit to the Company true and accurate information about himself/herself in accordance with the method prescribed by the Company.
The Company shall receive the information regarding the Application as set forth in the preceding paragraph and shall conduct the necessary reviews of the Application. 4.
The Company may contact the Applicant or the Members regarding matters related to the Service during the review process described in the preceding paragraph and after Members registration.
In the event that the Company approves the Application based on the review set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Company shall provide the Applicant with the Company’s prescribed ID and password for use of the Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Authentication Information") in the prescribed manner specified by the Company. Upon Company’s transmission of the Authentication Information to the Applicant, the Company shall be deemed to have accepted the Applicant’s Application (hereinafter referred to as the "Acceptance"). The Members shall be fully responsible for the use and management of the Certification Information and shall manage it appropriately.
In the event that Members become aware of the theft, loss, misplacement or use by a third party of the Credentials, the Members shall immediately notify the Company.
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by the Members prior to the notification in the preceding paragraph.
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by Members as a result of the Members’ mismanagement of their authentication information or unauthorized use of their authentication information by a third party.
The Company may not grant this consent if it judges that any of the following items apply to the Applicant who has applied for the Service in accordance with Paragraph 2 of this Article. In the event that the Company determines that any Member falls under any of the following items after Company’s acceptance of the Application, the Company may, without prior notice to such Member, terminate the Member’s registration, suspend the Service, or invalidate the Member’s authentication information.

If the Members do not comply with the Terms of use.
In the event that the Applicant or the Member is found to be non-existent.
The Applicant or the Members are found to have been suspended or revoked in the past due to violation of the Terms of use.
In the event that the information registered to the Company in this application contains false, incorrect, or incomplete information.
In the event that the Applicant or the Members fall under any of the provisions of Article 12.
The Applicant or the Member is an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance, and has not obtained the consent of his/her legal representative, curator, or assistant at the time of Application.
In the event that the Applicant or the Members are found to be deceased.
In the event that there is no evidence that the Member has used the Service for the prescribed period.
In addition to the preceding items, if the Company deems it inappropriate to grant this consent or qualification for use of the Service.

In the event that, upon the use of the Services by the Members, the Company checks the authentication information of the Members who have given the Acceptance against the authentication information entered by such Members, and confirms that such information matches in accordance with the Company’s prescribed method, the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from such Members’ use of the Services. The Company shall not be liable for any trouble or damage caused by such use of the Services.
If the Members wish to terminate their use of the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Withdrawal"), they shall notify the Company in the manner prescribed by the Company. In addition, the Members who have notified the Company of the above withdrawal shall lose all rights related to the Service upon withdrawal.

Article 7 (Temporary suspension, discontinuation, termination, etc. of the Service)

The Company may temporarily suspend the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to the Members in the event of any of the following events. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Members in this case.

In case of periodic or emergency maintenance of the facilities for the Service.
In case of dealing with failure of the facilities for the Service.
In the event that the Company deems it impossible to provide the Service due to an earthquake, fire, volcanic eruption, tsunami, flood, other wind or flood disaster, power failure, war, incident, riot, act of terrorism, labor dispute, demonstration, or other act of a third party.
In addition to the preceding paragraphs, if the Company deems it necessary to suspend the Services for operational or technical reasons.

The Company may terminate the Service in whole or in part without prior notice to the Members if the Company deems it necessary.

Article 8 (Advertisements and Links)

The Application may contain links to third party websites (hereinafter referred to as "Third Party Sites"), but the Company has no control over such external services. The Members shall be responsible for any transactions (including, but not limited to, terms and conditions of contract, terms and conditions of use, terms and conditions of sale, etc.) with the linked sites set forth in the preceding paragraph at their own risk. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by Members or any third party arising out of or in connection with the transactions described in the preceding paragraph.

Article 9 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company’s handling of Members’ personal information (hereinafter referred to as "Personal Information") shall be in accordance with the Company’s Privacy Policy. (hereinafter referred to as "Personal Information").

Article 10 (Subcontracting)

The Company may subcontract all or part of the work related to the Service to a third party at the Company’s responsibility.

Article 11 (Attribution of Rights)

All intellectual property rights, including copyrights, in the images, text, programs, etc. created and provided by the Company in the Service shall belong to the Company.
The Members shall represent and warrant to the Company that they have the legal right to register and transmit the registered data and that the registered data does not infringe the rights of any third party.
All intellectual property rights and all other tangible and intangible property rights related to the Service shall belong to the Company, its licensees, or other Members, and shall not be transferred to the Members or licensed beyond the scope of the Terms of use.
The Service and all software used in connection with the Service contain proprietary rights and trade secrets that are protected by intellectual property laws and regulations.

Article 12 (Prohibited Acts)

Members shall not engage in any of the following acts when using this service:

Acts that are or may be against the law or public order and morals.
Acts that lead to or may lead to criminal acts.
Acts that violate or may violate the property, trust, privacy, or reputation of other Members, third parties, or the Company
Acts that infringe or may infringe the intellectual property rights of other Members, third parties, or the Company (including, but not limited to, archiving, reproduction, distribution, alteration, display, performance, publication, licensing, creation of derivative works, offer for sale, or use (except as expressly permitted in the terms of use)).
Acts that causes or may cause disadvantage or damage to other Members, third parties or the Company
Acts of transmitting, posting, or posting information that is or may be contrary to the facts, or any act of defamation of other Members, third parties, or the Company
Acts to circumvent, remove, modify, disable, deteriorate or otherwise interfere with the content protection of the Services, to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Services, to reverse compile, reverse engineer or reverse assemble any software or other product or process accessible through the Services, and to insert any code or products into the Services or manipulate their content in any way, or use any data mining, data gathering or extraction methods.
Acts for the purpose of profit (including but not limited to advertising, promotion, solicitation, etc.) or acts that lead or may lead to such acts against other Members or third parties.
Acts of transferring, using, selling, pledging, or securing the rights related to the Service to a third party, or any similar act.
Acts to interfere with the operation of the Service or damage the credibility of the Service.
Multiple registration of Members by a single person.
Posting information that is similar to information already posted.
Acts of using the Service by impersonating other Members, third parties or the Company.
Acts of transmitting harmful computer programs, etc. through the Service or making them available to other Members or third parties
Acts that illegally access or may illegally access other computers, systems, or servers connected to the Service.
Acts that encourage the acts specified in the preceding paragraphs.
Acts that Company deems inappropriate in addition to the preceding paragraphs.

Article 13 (Payment of Charges)

In the event that Members are required to pay fees to the Company, Members shall pay the fees for the Services and consumption tax in a lump sum by credit card issued by a credit card company approved by the Company, in accordance with the Members Agreement of the credit card company.
The name of the Member and the holder name of the credit card must be the same.
Members’ credit cards shall expire or otherwise become invalid. In the event that the credit card of the Member becomes invalid due to expiration of the credit card or any other reason, the Member shall immediately pay the charges by the method designated by the Company. The Member shall bear the bank transfer fee when paying by bank transfer.
In the event that any dispute arises between Members and the credit card company concerned over charges or other obligations, such dispute shall be settled between the parties concerned and the Company shall not be liable therefor.

Article 14 (Matters to be reported)

In the event of any change in the information registered with the Company under this Application, Members shall immediately notify the Company of such change in accordance with the procedures and methods prescribed by the Company.
The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the Members prior to the notification in the preceding paragraph.

Article 15 (Disclaimer)

The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Members or third parties in connection with the use of the Service, unless otherwise specified in the Terms of use.
The Company shall not be liable for compensation for the following matters related to information obtained by the Members in connection with the use of the Service.

The Service is free from any failure, defect or error.
The information, services or products obtained by the Members through the Services will meet Members’ expectations.
The Service meets Members’ purposes or requirements.

The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Members or third parties in connection with deletion or modification of posted information, cancellation of Members’ registration, suspension of the Service, or disabling of authentication information in accordance with the Terms of use, guidelines, etc.
The Company shall not guarantee the operation of any communication facilities, equipment, software, etc. used by the Members in connection with the use of the Services, and shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Members or third parties in connection with such communication facilities, etc.
The Company does not guarantee that the Service is compatible with all communication equipment and OS versions, and the Members acknowledge in advance that problems may occur in the operation of the Service as the OS of the communication equipment used for the Service is upgraded. The Company does not warrant that any such defects will be corrected by Company’s modification of the programs or otherwise.
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by the Members or any third party due to the use of Members’ authentication information by any third party, even if such loss or damage is caused by no fault of the Members.
Unless otherwise specified in the Terms of use, the Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Members or third parties in connection with the revision or modification of the Terms of use, the suspension or termination of the Service based on the Terms of use, or the termination of the Service in whole or in part.
The Company shall not be liable to Subscriber or any other person for any failure or malfunction of the equipment necessary for the provision of the Service, unauthorized intrusion by a third party, commodity trading disputes, or any other cause whatsoever.
The Service may be linked with external services, but such linkage is not guaranteed, and the Company shall not be liable for any failure of the Service to link with external services.
In the event that the Service is linked to an external service, the Members shall comply with the external terms of use at their own expense and responsibility, and the Company shall not be liable for any disputes between the Members and the external service operator.

Article 16 (Compensation for Damages)

In the event that the Members receive a complaint or claim for compensation for damages from a third party in connection with the use of the Service, the Members shall agree to resolve such complaint or claim at their own responsibility and expense.
In the event that the Company suffers damages as a result of the Members’ violation of the Terms of use or improper use of the Service, the Company shall be entitled to claim against such the Members for such damages (including lost profits and attorney’s fees).
In the event that any third party files a complaint, claim for compensation for damages, etc., against the Company in connection with the Members’ use of the Services, the Company shall be entitled to claim the Members the costs (including lost profits and attorney’s fees) incurred by the Company in connection with such complaint, claim, etc.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Terms of use except as provided in the following paragraph, in the event that the Company causes damage to the Members for reasons attributable to the Company, the Company shall be liable to compensate for such damage only to the extent provided in the following paragraphs.

If the damage is caused by the Company’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, the Company shall be liable for the full amount of such damage.
In the event that the damage is caused by the Company’s slight negligence, the Company’s liability shall be limited to the extent of actual and direct ordinary damages (excluding lost profits and attorney’s fees).

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event that the Members are corporations or individuals using the Service as a business or for business purposes, the Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by such the Members in connection with the Service, unless the Company is intentionally or grossly negligent. In the event that the Company is to be compensated for damages, the maximum amount of compensation shall be the total amount of usage fees for the Service actually received from the Members during the most recent six months from the date of occurrence of the damages.

Article 17 (Notification)

Notice or demand from the Company to the Members shall be given by the Company by making the information pertaining to such notice or demand available to the Members in the following manner.

Emailing a record of such information to the email address registered by the Members to the Company.
Displaying the information on the Application related to the Service.
Delivering push notifications to the Members’ smartphones and other devices.

In the event that the Company sends a notice or demand by e-mail to the e-mail address registered by the Members to the Company at the time of registration (or, if the Members have notified the Company of a change, to the e-mail address after such change), such notice or reminder shall be deemed to have reached the Members immediately.
If the Company gives notice or demand by displaying it on the Application, it shall be deemed to have reached the Members when the information pertaining to the notice or demand is displayed on the Application.

Article 18 (Governing Law)

The Service and the Terms of use shall be governed by the laws of Japan.

Article 19 (Jurisdiction)

The Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court shall be the court of exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance for any dispute arising between the Company and the Members regarding this service or this Agreement, depending on the amount of the lawsuit.