General User Agreement

Last updated: July 23, 2018

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In addition to the general user agreement set out below, please note your use of other services provided by Japan Travel may be governed by additional agreements, in which case you will be bound by the terms stipulated in each agreement which either supplement or supercede the terms set out here.

Japan Travel KK (hereafter, JapanTravel), owner and operator of www.japantravel.com, created the following Terms of Use to protect JapanTravel, JapanTravel contributors and publishers, (hereafter Members) and JapanTravel content.

Japan Travel KK (hereafter, JT), owner and operator of www.japantravel.com, issues the following Terms of Use.

JapanTravel.com Permissions Policy

JT encourages open and free information, however, gathering the content contained in our publications and website requires substantial effort. We therefore expect to be compensated for any reuse of the material contained herein.

Fair Use

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JT does not grant any rights, only the above limited permission subject to the above obligations. All rights are reserved, including reproduction, distribution, public performance, and public display rights. At no time may an original work be used or modified without the written permission of the author(s). Violations of this policy will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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