Terms of Use

Using the content on this website

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. Commercial use of Content is also permitted.

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

  1. The user must cite the source when using the Content. Sources should be cited in the following manner:

    (Example of source citation)

    • Source: National Police Agency of Japan website (URL of the relevant page)
    • Source: Trends in XX and Current Situation of XX (National Police Agency of Japan) (URL of the relevant page)
  2. 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. The edited Content should not be represented or used in such a way to make it appear that it was created by the Government of Japan (or its ministries and/or agencies).

    (Example of citation when using edited content)

    • Created by editing Trends in XX and Current Situation of XX (National Police Agency of Japan) (URL of the relevant page)
    • Created by Company YY based on Trends in XX and Current Situation of XX (National Police Agency of Japan) (URL of the relevant page)

2) No infringement of third party rights

  1. In some cases, a third party (refers to a party other than the state. Hereinafter referred to as ”Third Party”) may hold copyrights or other rights to a part of the Content. For Content whose copyrights or other rights belong to a Third Party (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.
  2. 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 whose rights belong to a Third Party 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.(Please refer to Notes for the example of an indication showing that the rights belong to a Third Party.)
  3. 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) Content where the Terms of Use do not apply

The Terms of Use herein do not apply to the following Content:

  1. Symbol mark, Logo, and Character Design which represent an organization or specific business
  2. Content where other terms of use apply for rational and concrete reasons
    (Please refer to Notes for the Content where other terms of use apply.)

4) Governing law and jurisdiction

  1. The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
  2. 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 over the place where the organization that has published the disputed Content or Terms of Use is located.

5) Disclaimer

  1. The state 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).
  2. The Content may be modified, moved or deleted without prior notice.

6) Other

  1. The Terms of Use do not limit those types of uses for which, under Copyright Act of Japan, license from the right holders is not required.
  2. The Terms of Use were established on January 29, 2016. The Terms of Use are based on the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0). The Terms of Use may be modified without prior notice in the future. If you are already using Content in accordance with the previous version of the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use, the terms and conditions will continue to apply.
  3. The Terms of Use are compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (hereinafter referred to as the CC License). This means that the Content subject to the Terms of Use may be also used in conformity with the CC License.

Notes.

1) Example of an indication showing that the rights belong to a Third Party

”XX Report” Created by ZZ
*This report cannot be copied or reproduced without the permission of ZZ.
[Image/poster within this website] Offered by ZZ
*Reproduction of a part or whole of this text without permission is forbidden, with exceptions allowed under the Copyright Act of Japan.
(ZZ: Any organization or party other than National Police Agency of Japan)

2) Content where other terms of use apply (Please click the relevant link below for details.)