These terms set out the terms and conditions of Nikkei Asia’s Gift Voucher Service (to be defined later), which is a kind of Coupon Subscription thereof. The purchase form on our Website (“Form”) and these terms together form the agreement (the “Agreement”) between the customer who purchased a Gift Voucher (the “Customer”) and Nikkei Inc. (“Nikkei”). The Agreement is formed when the acceptance of Nikkei arrives at the Customer. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Form and these terms, the terms of the Form shall take precedence.
The Terms of Use shall also apply to Gift Voucher Service. In the event of any conflict between these terms and the Terms of Use, these terms shall take precedence. Capitalized terms used in the Agreement and not defined in these terms or the Form have the meaning given to those terms in the Terms of Use.
The Agreement shall be subject to Japan Standard Time (JST).
This page sets out the terms and conditions on which you may use Nikkei Asia (“Terms of Use”) through our website at asia.nikkei.com (“Website”) or in printed form (“Print Edition”) (together, the "Service"), and any content available through the Service (“Content”). By signing up for a subscription to the Service, you agree to these Terms of Use.
References in these Terms of Use to “Nikkei” (or “we,” “us” or “our”) refer to Nikkei Inc., and “User” refers to a user of the Service.
“Gift Voucher” means electronic information necessary to activate a subscription to the Website of Nikkei Asia (the “Service”). Nikkei shall issue the Gift Voucher to the Customer or directly to the individual designated by the Customer (the “User”) on behalf of the Customer based on the Agreement. “Gift Voucher Service” means our service of issuing Gift Vouchers and giving the Users who activated the Gift Vouchers access to the Service as set forth in clause 4. Gift Voucher Service is a kind of Coupon Subscription of Nikkei Asia.
Neither the Customer nor the User shall in any form:
(a) resell, lend, assign or pledge the Gift Voucher;
(b) store any information provided on the Service (unless approved by the Terms of Use); or
(c) copy or alter the information provided on the Service and distribute, publish or sell the copy or alteration thereof.
The Fee will not be refunded even if the Gift Voucher is not activated. The subscription activated with a Gift Voucher does not renew automatically.
Nikkei will deem a Gift Voucher holder who has activated a Gift Voucher on our Website to be a User and shall issue a unique ID for such User to allow access to the Website for personal use, research and current awareness purposes in accordance with our Copyright Policy. The ID is valid for the subscription period, which will be made clear to you on our sign-up pages, or otherwise on the Website during the sign-up process (“Subscription Term”). The Customer shall see to it that the User shall keep the ID confidential and shall not share the ID with any third party. Nikkei does not allow more than one individual to use the same ID. The Customer is responsible for all use of the Website and the Mobile Apps by the User and for preventing unauthorized use of such ID. If the Customer or the User believes there has been any breach of security such as the disclosure, theft or unauthorized use of such ID, the User can reset the password through the Website here. The Customer shall also see to it that all ID Users agree with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, and use the Service in accordance with the Agreement (including the Terms of Use and the Copyright Policy).
The Customer shall agree to, and keep the User informed of and advise the User to comply with, our Terms of Use.
The fee for the Gift Voucher (the “Fee”) is described on the Form and can be paid by the Customer by credit card or through the online payment service operated by PayPal. Unless otherwise indicated, the Fee is exclusive of any applicable sales taxes. The Fee and the sales taxes paid with the Fee shall not be refundable other than as provided for in the Agreement.
The Customer may terminate the Agreement at any time before a purchased Gift Voucher expires or during the Subscription Term by giving written notice to Nikkei; however, Nikkei shall have no obligation to refund the Fee which it has already received.
Nikkei may immediately terminate the Agreement if the Customer or the User breaches the terms of the Agreement (including the Terms of Use and the Copyright Policy). The Fee and the sales tax paid with the Fee shall not be refundable, and Nikkei shall have no obligation to the Customer on such termination.
The Customer agrees that all intellectual property rights associated with any article, photograph, illustration, data, picture, image, software, etc., related to the Service (“Content”) are owned or licensed by Nikkei. The Customer acknowledges that the Customer is not granted any rights to the Content and may not use (including but not limited to, making a copy of, duplicating, storing, playing, selling, reselling or reproducing in any other medium) all or any part of the Content, except as expressly permitted by the Copyright Policy.
All information collected by Nikkei will be managed with the utmost care and used in accordance with the Privacy and Cookie Policies available at https://info.asia.nikkei.com/privacy. The Customer shall ensure that the User agree with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
If the User agrees, the Customer accepts that Nikkei sends emails encouraging them to renew the subscription to the User during the Subscription Term.
The Customer shall fully indemnify Nikkei against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including any direct or foreseeable indirect losses, loss of profit, and all reasonable legal costs) suffered or incurred by them arising out of, or in connection with, any act or omission of the Customer or the User.
Neither the Customer nor the User are entitled to assign, license, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of their rights and obligations under the Agreement to any third party, other than the Customer’s sending the Gift Voucher to the User.
The Customer warrants that the Customer and the User are not, and shall not in the future be, a member of or in any way associated with an organized crime group or any other kind of anti-social forces group. The Customer agrees that the Customer and the User shall not conduct any unjust act against Nikkei in the name of anti-social forces. If Nikkei is aware of any breach of such representations and warranties by the Customer, it may terminate the Agreement without notice or demand, and shall not be liable to indemnify the Customer or the User for any damage arising therefrom.
The Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Japan, and the Tokyo District Court shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, the Agreement.
Nikkei may change these terms at any time. Nikkei shall publish the revised terms and their effective date on the Website before the effective date, and the revised terms shall be effective as of the effective date. By continuing to use the Service, the Customer agrees to the revised terms. Our Terms of Use, Copyright Policy, Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy may also be revised in accordance with their terms.
Established on November 17, 2022
