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The following terms are defined as stated:
“Member” refers to individuals that acknowledge the Terms and Conditions and have registered to become a member.
“We” refers to FROMJAPAN Limited. (hereinafter referred to as “we”);
“Service” refers to the transaction service we provide for customers.
“Transaction” refers to the buying and selling of items by members through this website.
“Sellers” refer to the Yahoo!R JAPAN AUCTIONS sellers.
“Terms and Conditions, etc.” refers to these Terms and Conditions and Cautionary Notes when using this website.?
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| Article 2:(FROMJAPAN member) |
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| Members cannot transfer or lend their member status and benefits enjoyed of using this website. |
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| Article 3:(Terms and Conditions) |
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| These Terms and Conditions are applicable to all members, who must abide by all of them following registration. |
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| Article 4:(Member registration) |
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Member requirements
Individuals who accept these Terms and Conditions and apply for membership will become a member on completion of the required registration formalities, which must be completed by the member himself or herself. Acting on behalf of a third party is not permitted. Application requests from those who have been disqualified before or are not deemed to meet membership requirements may be refused.
Input of member information
To register, type the required information in the spaces provided. Be sure to read the Cautionary Notes before registering.
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| Article 5:(User ID and password management) |
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| The user ID and password are to be safeguarded by users themselves and changed periodically for safety reasons. The user is deemed to be the person with the corresponding user ID if both the user ID and password are consistent with those registered and are verified by specified methods. We are not liable for loss sustained from fraudulent or illegal use of someone else’s user ID or password. |
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| Article 6:(Modification?of registered information) |
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| Please go to Mypage to amend registered information. We cannot be held responsible for losses incurred that are attributable to the user's failure to carry out correct procedures. Transactions?conducted?before amendment will be carried out according to the old information. |
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| Article 7:(Membership cancellation) |
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| Please go to Mypage to cancel your membership. |
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| 1. | We cannot guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, usefulness, reliability, or legality of information about Sellers, the transaction conducted by Sellers, the products sold, the service and the information on the website as well as the personal information of the Sellers, or whether they infringe the rights of third parties. |
| 2. | In no event will we be liable to you or anyone else for any loss incurred by system interruption, delay, suspension or data loss, or loss caused by illegal data access, as well as any loss caused by other services provided by this website. |
| 3. | We do not guarantee that e-mails sent by or through our website, server or domain name are free of viruses. |
| 4. | We cannot be held responsible for any information or advice we provide to you. |
| 5. | We are not liable for the loss incurred by violation of these Terms and Conditions. |
| 6. | There may be country specific duties and taxes imposed on your bid that are not reflected in our prices. You are fully responsible for any tax and duties chargeable by your local government on goods purchased from us. Please check with your local customs office for further details. |
| 7. | If the destination country requires an import license or other permit for import of the merchandise, it is your responsibility to obtain such a license or permit at your own expense. |
| 8. | We are not liable for any fraudulent activities related with our transaction. If the seller who does not send us the products even though we paid Final winning price and etc , we normally does not charge our commission for this case to member. But member should bear and pay all invoiced charge plus System usage fee 5%. |
| 9. | When we process the packing and shipping affairs,we won't amend the value in the label due to the limit of Japanese laws. |
| 10. | When we process the packing and shipping affairs,the items are possible to be divided into several packages if oversized item exceeds the limit of shipping method though they have been combined together. |
| 11. | If an item is specified to send to a Japan local address, members are required to pay 5% of the total charges as an additioanl fee. But if you used PayPal to make the payment, your items can only be shipped to your registered address with PayPal. |
| 12. | If members use our service to buy "web money", we will also charge you 5% extra fee. |
| 13. | Because the fraud usage of credit card is increasing,we will inquire an authorization number from members if we receive a request from our credit card company. The card holder can get that number simply only if contact the credit card company. Please note that we will dispose of the item without notice if we cannot receive a correct authorization number within 10 days. |
| 14. | In different countries import restrictions may exist.Please contact your country's relevant department for details before you make a purchase via our service. Please note we are not liable for any loss arising from your failure to comply with these terms. In such a case,we are not able to cancel your orde as well. |
| 15. | From December 2009, Japan made some changes for the shipping regulations for the items containing lithium battery, so all the lithium batteries cannot be shipped out of Japan directly. If you have bought the items containing lithium battery, we need to take the battery out before shipping for you. The lithium batteries taken out from the items will be dispoed of directly if members don't have special instructions. |
| 16. | When release deposit or issue refund for the payment of charge 1 and charge 2 paid by credit card or PayPal, we are not responsible for the balance incurred by the fluctuations in foreign exchange rate. |
| 17. | After bidding on a Yahoo auction item, even if you received the notification that you failed the bid, there is still a possibility to win that item finally due to the changes between the seller and the winner. In this case, member is required to buy the item at the final winning bid. |
| 18. | Due to the needs of financial management, we will keep the bill, receipt or voucher issued by the seller and don't provide them to members. Due to the needs of financial management, we will keep the bill, receipt or voucher issued by the seller as important documentation and don't provide them to members. |
| 19. | When packing your item(s), we will use new cardboard box which costs 500 yen if we don't have appropriate used box. This fee will be charged at charge 2 payment as excess charge. |
| 20. | Even if the quantity of your winning item or shopping order is more than 2 pieces, we can only ship them to one shipping address. |
| 21. | Charge 2 payment form will be available for one week. If you don't make the payment in the stated period, we reserve the right to deduct the payment from your card directly or dispose of your item(s). |
| 22. | In case we purchased incorrect item(s) by mistake, we refund charge 1 and charge 2 payment. If the item(s) have been delivered to you already, we will compensate the overseas shipping when returning the item(s) back to Japan and convert that to member's account as FJ points. Please note that we don't compensate other expenses incurred. |
| 23. | Items will be packed and handled as to FROMJAPAN's regulations. We don't accept the detailed packing instructions for every single item. |
| 24. | Members are recommended to provide the correct Item name, Item picture and Individual item URL, and these 3 descriptions should be identical to each other. We are not responsible in case we bought the incorrect item(s) due to the description shortage or the description discrepancy. |
| 25. | Please note that we don’t offer the proxy shopping service for ADULT GOODS. If you are not sure whether your desired item(s) belongs to adult goods,please be sure to contact us in advance. We reserve the right to explain and dispose for these order(s) and don’t refund for the order(s) submitted without prior confirmation. |
| 26. | Regarding the orders that need to be paid at the convenience store or post office, additional 1000 yen commission fee will apply. If you have any questions on this matter, please be sure to contact us before bidding or paying the charge 1 payment. |
| 27. | If members want to change the shipment after receiving the charge 2 payment form, extra 2000 yen repacking fee is required. |
| 28. | We have 3 Yahoo Japan auctions IDs bidderfromjapan, buytheall and aomi2011. When the default ID bidderfromjapan is being used by our member or there are problems with the system of Yahoo Japan auctions, our real time bidding system will change to use another ID to bid automatically. Please note that the items won under different IDs cannot be combined even if they are from same seller and won on the same day. |
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The following items are prohibited to be exported due to the related restrictions of Japan customs. Please be sure to confirm them carefully before ordering. We don't accept the cancellation and refund request for those items.
| ● | Adult goods | ● | Drugs | ● | Psychopharmaceuticals |
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| ● | Uranium | ● | Plutonium | ● | Thorium |
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| ● | Nuclear Waste | ● | Mercury | ● | Battery |
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| ● | Chloroform | ● | Pesticides | ● | Living Animals |
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| ● | Wild animals, plants and their products in violation of CITES (Washington Convention) | ● | Bleach | ● | Peroxides, Oxidizing agents |
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| ● | Small personal oxygen generator | ● | Fire Extinguishers | ● | Aqualung |
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| ● | Spray Dust | ● | Enriched Oxygen | ● | Helium Gas |
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| ● | Camping Gas | ● | Butane Gas | ● | Butane Lighter Fuel |
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| ● | Matches | ● | Oil Lighter | ● | Lighter Fuel |
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| ● | Paint | ● | Fiammable Liquids | ● | Obscene Articles |
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| ● | Fireworks | ● | Firecrackers | ● | Ammunition |
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| ● | Diamonds (including rough and fabricated diamonds) | ● | Drug Paraphanelia | ● | Livestock Feed |
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| ● | Chlorofluorocarbon | ● | Counterfeit, altered or fake currency | ● | Postage stamps and fiscal stamp |
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| ● | Official letter | ● | National Treasures | ● | Important Cultural Property |
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| ● | Art, etc. | ● | Pirated CDs/DVDs/Software | ● | Product with an undeterminable origin |
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| ● | Lottery | ● | Air Gun | ● | Fake Sword |
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| ● | Lithium-metal batteries | ● | Lithium-ion batteries | ● | Products with aforementioned built-in batteries |
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| ● | Perfume | | | | |
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When using this service, the following is prohibited:
Violation of laws and regulations, these Terms and Conditions, or Cautionary Notes;
Infringement of our rights, good name, or of the Sellers or any third party;
Actions that could cause harm to the body and mind of adolescents or violate public morals;
Actions impeding other users or any third party or actions that are offensive;
Relay of false information;
Sending or writing harmful programs or e-mails;
Illegally breaking into our server or other computers;
Lending or transferring user IDs or passwords to others or using these for third parties.
Additional terms & conditions:
Without our prior written consent and/or the government regulated permission such as non-applicable certificate
for national safety and security control (parameter sheet to prove non-ammunition/weapon related item) in case
it is required by Japan law and/ or by your country law、the products sold, services and information provided by us
through our transaction shall be neither used for any purposes to be prohibited by the said law(s) nor re-exported
to any other countries to be restricted export thereby.
We shall be free from any claim incurred by breach or negligence of this and disclaim any consequential loss.
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| Article 10:(About cookies, etc.) |
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| We need to collect cookies to authenticate users of this website as members, investigate members’ access and usage records, provide better service to members we need to collect the following: information about IP addresses where users access our server, the cell phone IDs of the members who use a cell phone for access, as well as the online record of members collected by using cookies. |
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| Article 11:(Processing of member information) |
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We do not disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent, except in the following circumstances:
When doing so is required by laws and regulations;
When it is necessary to protect our rights, privileges or good name, or those of the service or Sellers;
To partner companies and organizations (under the condition that they handle such information stringently).
We will safeguard your information according to our strict standards.
We provide information to our members through e-magazines and other methods including advertisements. Simply let us know in the usual way if you do not require such information.
However, we will continue to provide information necessary for the service.
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| You must acknowledge these Terms and Conditions before use of the service. |
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| Article 13:(Our service and products) |
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| 1. | Members must pay for domestic delivery, overseas shipping, our service fee, bank transfer fee, tariffs, and other charges. |
| 2. | Cancellation of bids after bidding or shopping orders after the charge 1 payment is complete, returns and claims will not be accepted. Please consider carefully before placing bids/shopping orders. |
| 3. | We cannot guarantee that you will win a particular auction. Please bid as high as you can to have the highest chance of success. |
| 4. | Some items featured on Yahoo!R JAPAN AUCTIONS are not in fact for sale. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. |
| 5. | We provide information about translation websites for the convenience of customers. We do not, however, guarantee the accuracy of translations and cannot be held responsible for loss incurred as a result of inaccurate translations.? |
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| Article 14:(Service interruption and suspension) |
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| In order to provide a high level of service to customers, we may discontinue or amend all or part of the service without prior notice when we are performing periodical maintenance, when the system is overloaded, when we think there are some problems in the service operation, when it is necessary to ensure the privacy of members, or when it is otherwise necessary. We are not liable for losses incurred by members under such circumstances. |
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| Article 15:(Suspension of use for specific members and member disqualification) |
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We retain the right to suspend your membership or change your user ID and password, as well as disqualify you without any prior notice if any of the following apply. We are not liable for any loss incurred following suspension.
Violation the laws and regulations of these Terms and Conditions;
Illegal conduct when using this service;
When your password has been typed incorrectly a certain number of times (for your personal protection);
Other cases when we consider it necessary.
In addition, we have the right to change your user ID and password or disqualify you if you have not accessed the site the required number of times within a specified period of time.
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| Article 16:(Service modification and discontinuance) |
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| We reserve the right to amend or discontinue all or part of the service on this website. |
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| Article 17:(Article modification) |
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| We have the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at will. In addition, we can add complementary terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as “complements”). Amendments to these Terms and Conditions and complements shall take effect as indicated on the website. Members must abide by the new Terms and Conditions thereupon. |
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| Any loss caused by anything not specified in these Terms and Conditions should be settled through consultation of both parties in good faith. |
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| Article 19:(Additional terms)2007.3.4 |
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| We will charge you twice (Charge 1 and Charge 2) for each transaction. If we cannot receive your payment within our policy period we will deduct from your deposit. |
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| Article 20:(Additional terms) 2007.10.5 |
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| We cannot be held responsible for any mistakes that the seller or the store done to you which is sending us the wrong item during the transaction. |
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| 1. | These Terms and Conditions stipulate the terms and conditions pertaining to the FROMJAPAN Points Service ("the Service") provided by FROMJAPAN LIMITED ("FROMJAPAN") to Members that have completed Membership registration ("Member") according to the FROMJAPAN Membership Terms and Conditions ("Membership Terms and Conditions"). |
| 2. | Particulars regarding the Service not stipulated herein shall be governed by the Membership Terms and Conditions. |
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| Article 2:(Award of Points) |
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| 1. | FROMJAPAN shall award FROMJAPAN points ("Points") to Members when they have used its Web site service or in other cases that FROMJAPAN deems appropriate. |
| 2. | FROMJAPAN shall determine the Web sites, services and transactions for which Points are awarded ("Eligible Transactions"), the rate at which Points are awarded and all other conditions regarding the award of Points. Whether Points are awarded, the rate at which they are awarded and the period of validity may depend on the type of transaction and/or services used. |
| 3. | Points shall be awarded a certain amount of time following Eligible Transactions, which is to be determined by FROMJAPAN. In the event that FROMJAPAN confirms that a bid has been withdrawn or goods have been returned for an eligible transaction within this period, Points shall not be awarded. In the event that there has been an amendment in the price related to an eligible transaction, Points shall be awarded according to the price after the amendment. |
| 4. | All final decisions regarding the award of Points, including whether Points are awarded for a particular transaction, and the number of Points awarded shall be made by FROMJAPAN. Members shall abide by all such decisions. |
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| Article 3:(Administration of Points) |
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| 1. | FROMJAPAN shall notify Members, by a method of its designation, the number of Points they have been awarded, the number they have used and their remaining balance of Points. |
| 2. | Members shall notify FROMJAPAN immediately if they dispute any of the totals in the preceding clause herein and provide an explanation for the reason. |
| 3. | All final decisions regarding Points totals in clause 1 herein shall be made by FROMJAPAN and all Members shall abide by such decisions. |
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| Article 4:(Prohibition of Aggregation and Multiple Registrations) |
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| 1. | Members may not transfer or pledge Points acquired to other Members, neither may Points be held jointly among Members. |
| 2. | In the case that a Member has made multiple registrations, Points held under separate registrations may not be combined. |
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| Article 5:(Cancellation or Annulment of Points) |
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| 1. | FROMJAPAN may cancel Points awarded following Eligible Transactions in the event that a bid has been withdrawn, goods have been returned or in other cases that FROMJAPAN deems appropriate. |
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FROMJAPAN may cancel some or all Points held by a Member without prior notification should it deem that any of the following apply:
| (1) | The Member has committed an illegal or fraudulent act. |
| (2) | The Member has breached these Terms and Conditions, the Membership Terms and Conditions or other conditions or rules stipulated by FROMJAPAN. |
| (3) | In other cases where the company deems it appropriate to cancel Points awarded to the Member. |
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| 3. | All Points awarded shall be automatically canceled in the event that no Eligible Transactions are made within a period (1 year) specified by FROMJAPAN. |
| 4. | FROMJAPAN shall neither indemnify Members nor take responsibility for the cancellation or annulment of Points. |
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| Article 6:(Use of Points for Payment) |
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| 1. | Members may use Points acquired for whole or partial payment of charge 1 (including for the final winning price, standard delivery charge, commission payable to FROMJAPAN.CO.JP and bank transfer commission) and charge 2 (including for oversea shipping,Excess charge, Surcharge of 5000yen) for products purchased on Web sites designated by FROMJAPAN. CO.JP The methods and rates of redemption shall be determined by FROMJAPAN.CO.JP |
| 2. | FROMJAPAN may restrict the scope of the services and products for which Points in the preceding clause herein can be used or impose other conditions on the use of Points. |
| 3. | Under normal circumstances, in the event that a Member cancels purchases in clause 1 herein for which Points have been used, such Points shall be returned to the Member. On no account shall refunds be made in cash. |
| 4. | In the case that a Member has used Points for the whole or partial payment for a purchase and subsequently the total charge is reduced for whatever reason, Points shall be returned to the Member in accordance with the preceding clause. |
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FROMJAPAN shall neither take responsibility nor refund Points in the event of delay, loss, theft, damage, breakage or other accidents associated with products purchased using Points as stated in Article 6 herein, arising either during shipment or after delivery, except in cases where such accidents are the responsibility of FROMJAPAN.
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| Article 8:(Cancellation of Points After Use) |
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In the event that Points are canceled for reasons stated in Article 5, Clause 1 or Clause 2 following a purchase for which Points are used as stated in article 6, the transaction for which Points were used ("Points Transaction") may be canceled or be put on hold. In cases where the Points Transaction has already been carried out or is about to be carried out, the Member shall pay FROMJAPAN immediately in cash or by another method specified by FROMJAPAN the balance due arising from the cancellation of Points.
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| Article 9:(Cash Redemption) |
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Under no circumstances may a Member redeem Points for cash.
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| Article 10:(Use by Third Parties) |
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| 1. | Points shall be used only by Members themselves and not by any third party. |
| 2. | The user shall be deemed to be the Member with the corresponding user ID and password if when Points are used, FROMJAPAN confirms by a method it stipulates that both match with those registered. FROMJAPAN shall neither refund Points used nor take responsibility for damage sustained to the Member even in cases of fraudulent use by a third party. |
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| Article 11:(Taxes and Expenses) |
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| 1. | The Member is responsible for payment of all taxes and incidental expenses arising from the acquisition or use of Points. |
| 2. | All the consumption tax occurred when you use our service won't be refunded. |
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| Article 12:(Loss and Suspension of Membership Status) |
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Upon loss of Membership status, Members shall forfeit all Points held, conversion privileges and all other rights associated with use of the Service. Members shall not be eligible to submit any claim whatsoever to FROMJAPAN from loss of Membership status.
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FROMJAPAN shall take the utmost care in the operation of the Service in light of the current level of technology. However, it does not guarantee the absence of problems. FROMJAPAN shall not take responsibility for damage resulting from system interruption, delay, discontinuation or data loss arising from communication link or computer problems; damage resulting from fraudulent access to data or other damage sustained to Members in connection with the Service.
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| Article 14:(Changes to the Service) |
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| 1. | FROMJAPAN may, without prior notification to Members, amend these Terms and Conditions and the details and conditions of the Service (including but not limited to discontinuation of Points, suspension of the provision of Points, changes in the scope of Web sites and transactions for which Points are awarded and amendments to the rate at which Points are awarded or used) or discontinue or suspend the Service completely. Members shall acknowledge that FROMJAPAN possesses such rights. |
| 2. | FROMJAPAN shall bear no responsibility whatsoever for inconvenience or damage to Members resulting from amendments outlined in the preceding clause herein. |
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(Note)
The period stipulated by FROMJAPAN in Article 5, Clause 3 hereof shall be one year.
Please feel free to e-mail us at if you have any questions about the Points Service.
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We can accept only credit cards and on non-installment basis. |
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Our website uses SSL( Secure Socket Layer ) to secure your personal information. |
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We use the information you have provided to help you complete a transaction, to respond to you, to update you on services and benefits. We will not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to others unless we have your permission, or are required to do so by law. |
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