This website (https://nfm-m.com/en/) (the “Website”) is operated by Southern Kyushu and Nansei Islands Innovation Center (the “Center”). The users of the Website (the “Users”) agree to the following terms and conditions. Please note that these Terms of Use may be amended without prior notice. (The Center and the Users may be referred to jointly as the “Parties.”)

- Copyrights, etc.
The Industrial Property Law, the Copyright Act and other laws and regulations relating to intellectual property protect any and all information appearing on the Website. You shall not use, including by copying, altering, distributing, or the like, any of the information without obtaining the prior consent of the Center and the relevant participant universities unless permitted under applicable laws and regulations.

- Analysis of Access
Information on the people who access the Website is recorded in the form of access logs. Although the access logs contain the domain names or IP addresses of the Users or their access dates and times, they do not contain any personally identifiable information. We use the access logs only for the purpose of the maintenance of the Website or in statistically analyzing the status of its utilization and will not use them for any other purpose.

- Link to the Website
If you wish to set up a link to the Website, please contact us beforehand at the email address below. However, we may refuse your link depending on the content of your website or the method of providing the link.
Contact email address: tizai@kuas.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

The Website may provide links to websites of third parties other than participant universities. Such links are provided merely for the purpose of convenience, and the Center does not assume any responsibility for the content of the linked websites. If you wish to utilize any of the linked websites, please comply with its terms of use.

- Prohibitions
The Center prohibits the Users from committing any of the following acts while using the Website:
(1) any action that infringes or may infringe any property, reputation, privacy or other right of the Center or any third party;
(2) any action that is or may be contrary to public order and morals;
(3) any action that involves false notification or filing, such as registering the email address of another party;
(4) any action that uses or provides a harmful program, such as a computer virus;
(5) any action that unilaterally sends unsolicited or other similar emails;
(6) any action that constitutes or may constitute a violation of any law or regulation; and
(7) any other action that the Center may deem inappropriate.

- Disclaimer
Every possible measure is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information that appears on the Website. However, the Center does not provide any guarantee on the completeness, accuracy, safety, or fitness for the purpose of utilization or the like of the information. In addition, the Center assumes no responsibility for any consequence or damage that may arise due to any of the information. The Center provides no guarantee and does not assume any responsibility for any agreement with respect to the provision/receipt of materials through the Website or the sending or quality thereof, or for any other matters regarding such materials.

- Competent Court
Any dispute concerning the use of the Website or these Terms of Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Kagoshima District Court as the court of first instance.