Illustration and Manga School, egaco Terms of Service

Article 1【Roles of the Terms of Service】

1．The Terms of Service shall specify the obligations that the company, egaco (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) and the member should adhere to under the service rendered by the company, and all the right obtained through the service as well. Those who are going to use the service shall be asked to read all the Terms of Service prior to their applications to the service rendered by the Company.

2．An explanation, the guide for users as well as the posted contents, etc. under the service besides the Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Terms”) shall be deemed to consist of the Terms of Service, and Personal Terms shall be prioritized and applied first when the contents of the Personal Terms differ from the Terms of Service.

Article 2【Definition of Technical Terms】

Definitions of the technical terms used in the Terms of Service are as follows except for the case that the definition was made exceptionally by others out of the Terms of Service:

(1)The “Company” refers to Smiles. LLC. Also, when the name of the company changes, it refers to the new name after the change of the company name.
(2)The “Service” refers to the service rendered by the company, “Illustration and Manga School, egaco” (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”).
(3)The “Member” refers to the individual who utilize the service and registered oneself as member according to the Article 3 (Admission and Registration) (hereinafter referred to as the “Member”).
(4)“Member ‘s Information” refers to the information including name, gender, address, phone number, age and mailing address, etc. disclosed by the Member and it contains the information such as records of dealing related to the Member.
(5)“Instructor” refers to the person who conduct lessons to the Member under the service, and who was registered after having been examined by the Company with predefined standard.
(6)“Lesson” refers to the lecture which is provided to the Member by the instructor under the Service.
(7)“Information submitted by the Member” refers to the information such as illustration, image, sentence, etc. which are provided to the Company or the instructor by the Member under the Service.

Article 3【Admission and Registration】

1．Those who want to use the Service as the Member shall be obliged to agree to all the contents described in the Terms of Service to make admission and registration in line with the registration procedures defined by the Company.

2．Payment procedure defined by Article 7 (Payment of Tuition) shall be included in the procedure of admission and registration. Please make your admission and registration upon agreed with the company’s policy such that the Company shall not return the tuition which was paid by the person who made an enrolment or the member him/herself in principle.

3．The Company may ask you to show your ID card when you make enrollmentand registration.

4．The applicant of the membership shall become the Member when the procedure defined in the preceding paragraph 3, the Procedure of Admission and Registration is completed, and the agreement based on the Terms of Service between the Company and the Member (hereinafter referred to as “Terms of Service”) is established.

5．The applicant shall carry out procedures for enrollment and registration by him/herself in principle except for the case when legal proxy (guardian, etc.), who act on behalf of those under 18-year-old, conduct the same, and the proxy shall not be admitted for carrying out procedures on behalf of the applicant.

6．The Company shall not accept registration as the Member when the following is the case:

(1)When the Company cannot contact the applicant at the e-mail address, he/she registered.
(2)When the applicant does not adhere to the Terms of Service.
(3)When the information submitted by the applicant contains false information, or inaccurate contents related to the same.
(4)When the applicant has declined the request for continuing the service before.
(5)When the applicant’s behavior is against the Japanese law or public policy, or there is a fear that it leads to those behaviors.
(6)When the Company regards it as unacceptable.

Article 4【Validity】

The Terms of Service shall be in effect on the day when the Member’s enrollment and the agreement of the contract based on Article 3 (Admission and Registration) is completed, it shall remain effective between the Company and the Member until either one of the earlier days when the user’s registration is taken back or cancelled, or when rendering the Service is terminated.

Article 5【Handling of Member’s Information, etc】

1．The Member shall submit correct information on him/herself, and the Member shall report any change immediately by the method determined bythe Company when any change arises and shall be obliged to keep it updated always.

2．The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused because of the Member’s negligence of obligations described in the above articles to the Member or a third party.

3．The Company shall manage the Member’s information according to the Company’s privacy policy. The Member shall agree that the Company handles and keeps the Member’s information as defined in this Article.

4．The Member shall manage his/her own personal information not to be disclosed through the Service on his/her own responsibility. The Company shall not be liable for any incident by which the Member’s personal information was disclosed to a third party due to the Member’s operational mistake, etc.

5．The Company shall not disclose the Member’s information except for the Member’s information which is disclosed under the Service in principle to a third party without prior consent of the Member, unless there is an exceptional definition in these Terms of Service. However, the Company may disclose information only in the event of responding to inquiries from public authorities, when the Company is obligated to disclose information pursuant to laws and regulations, or in other cases set forth in the Company’s privacy policy.

6．When the case is applicable to Article 18 (Suspension, Change and Termination of the Service), the Company shall be able to stop the Member’s rights and delete the registered contents of the Member without informing the Member.

Article 6【Notice to the Member】

1．For contacting the Member from the Company, the Company shall contact the Member by the method that the Company deemed appropriate such as contacts prior to/after the lesson, notices on the Service, or via email or telephone, etc.

2．In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, when the Company gives a notice to the Member by posting it on the Service or by email, the notice shall be effective from the moment when the notice is posted on the service, or the email is sent.

3．The Member is obligated to check notifications from the Company at any time. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred to the Member due to his/her failure to check such notifications.

Article 7【Payment of Tuition】

1．The Member shall be expected to pay the monthly tuition and is deemed to have agreed to the monthly payment of tuition notwithstanding whether theMember shall take a lesson or not during the period from his/her admission to the completion of the resignation procedure (except for the suspended period of the lesson).

2．The Member shall be deemed to agree with the prior payment of the tuition of which the due date is the end of the month prior to the month when lessons are taken.

3．The Member shall be asked to pay the admission fee and tuition for the first month of the lessons.

4．Please make a payment for tuition on credit.

5．If the payment request to your credit card company could not be processed appropriately prior to the beginning of the lesson due to the delay of your payment to the card company, or any other reason, the Company shall ask you to pay the fee for reclaiming the payment.

6．Please be careful that the Company shall not accept any request for a refund or cancellation after the payment is made regardless of the reason.

7．For receipts of the payments made in the first month and up until the start of direct debit, the Member shall make a request to a settlement agency used for payment (credit card or deferred payment by atone) to issue them, and after direct debit begins, the printed receipt on the bankbook will serve as a substitute for receipts.

Article 8【Transferring lessons】

1．Requests for rescheduling after the start of a lesson or rescheduling a lesson to another day when the Member absents without permission will not be accepted.

2．If the Member requests a rescheduling on the day of a reserved lesson, a separate administrative fee of 1,000 yen will be requested to pay to the Company.

3．If the Member does not pay the tuition for the month of lessons, the Member shall not be able to receive the lesson until the payment is completed (including the lesson transferred from the prior month).

Article 9【Services except for lessons】

The Member shall be eligible for the following each one of services only when the Member satisfies the conditions of services separately defined by the Company.

(1)Student discount service for Wacom products as a member school of the Wacom Creators College Club
(2)Usage of egaco circle, etc.

Article 10【Suspension and Resignation】

1．The Member is deemed to agree that if the Member wishes to suspend or resign from the school, the application deadline is noon on the 1st of the month prior to the month when the suspension begins or the month in which the Member wishes to resign.

2．The Member is deemed to agree that the application deadline for changing the number of lessons per month is noon on the 1st of the month prior to the month when the number of lessons is changed.

3．The Member is deemed to agree in advance that they cannot request a refund of tuition for suspension or resignation during the period of lessons, regardless of the reason.

4．There is no limit to the Member's suspension period. In addition, no cost shall accrue during the suspension period. However, the Member cannot take transferred lessons or use any other services for months in which tuition fees have not been paid.

5．When the Member wishes to resign from the school, the Member him/herself shall go through the procedure defined by the Company to resign. When the Member does not go through the procedure to resign from the school or someone other than the Member goes through the procedure, the Member shall pay for the tuition without delay deemed that the Member uses the service of the Company continuously except for the period of suspensions.

6．The Member shall lose all the rights of membership under the Service upon completion of the resignation procedure completed by the Company.

7．The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the Member due to the conduct of the Company based on this Article or the fact that the Company did not respond to the Member.

8．The provisions defined in the 3rd, the 6th, and the 7th paragraphs shall remain the same even at the time when the membership of the Service is terminated.

Article 11【Prohibited Items】

1．The Member shall not conduct the following to use the Service:

(1)Actions that violate laws, regulations, these Terms of Service, or precautions for use, etc.
(2)Use of the Service by a corporation.
(3)Videotaping or recording lessons.
(4)Participating in or allowing a non-students' guardian or a third party to participate in a lesson (including having a teacher correct a third party's work).
(5)Actions that disrupt the operation of the Service
(6)Threatening or nuisance actions such as shouting or making strange noises or blocking the path of other people or instructors
(7)Actions that cause inconvenience or discomfort to other members or third parties
(8)Damage to our facilities, equipment, fixtures, or removal of installed fixtures
(9)Actions that cause inconvenience to the facility through interviews, phone calls, or other means without a legitimate reason
(10)Bringing large amounts of money or items, or dangerous objects such as knives, into the facility
(11)Unauthorized use of membership numbers and passwords
(12)Unauthorized access to our servers or other computers
(13)Lending or transferring the password for the correction site to a third party, or sharing it with a third party
(14)The Member requests a teacher to correct or advise on the work (client's work) that the Member has produced at the request of a third party
(15)Infringing the copyright or intellectual property rights of the teaching materials handled by the Company or illegally using our teaching materials for purposes other than the Member's own learning.
(16)Registering as a member on behalf of the Member whose membership has been suspended or revoked for this service.
(17)Impersonating the Company or another person.
(18)Acquiring a third party's membership registration information without the person's consent.
(19)Defaming the Company through internet services such as SNS, review sites, Google Map, note, email or various other media.
(20)Discriminating against or defaming third parties or damaging the reputation or credit of others.
(21)Any ethically questionable, vulgar, harmful, or obscene conduct, or any conduct disclosing information that gives a feeling of repulsion to others.
(22)Actions that are or may be linked to crimes such as fraud.
(23)Slandering or libeling third parties, including other members (hereinafter referred to as "others"), instructors, the Company, or its facilities.
(24)Actions that cause harm to the Company or third parties (including the deed of cutting out statements or expressions that are detrimental to the Company or instructors).
(25)Actions that infringe or may infringe on patent rights, utility model rights, trademark rights, design rights, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights of the Company or third parties (including acts that directly or indirectly lead to such infringement).
(26)Any act that infringes or may infringe the property, privacy, or portrait rights of the Company or a third party (including any act that directly or indirectly leads to such infringement)
(27)Acts of copying or imitating all or part of the mechanism of the Service or the designs used in the Service without permission.
(28)Any act of using a name that is identical or similar to the Service, regardless of its purpose or means.
(29)Acts of individuals or corporate representatives, who provide the same or similar teaching services, apply for or take lessons.
(30)Acts of tampering with or deleting accessible information on the Service or other people.
(31)Transmitting harmful computer programs, etc., or leaving others in a state where they can receive such programs.
(32)Acts that have a negative impact on servers or networks connected to the Service provided by the Company.
(33)Acts of unauthorized access to any systems related to the Service rendered by the Company.
(34)Acts of accessing the Service using methods other than the interfaces provided by the Company.
(35)Acts of poaching instructors who are active on the Service.
(36)Acts that involve the lending and borrowing of money to instructors or other members, solicitation, political activities, signature campaigns, door-to-door sales, telephone sales, multilevel marketing transactions, the provision of specific ongoing services, or business opportunities induced sales transactions.
(37)Any other acts that the Company deems inappropriate.

Article 12【Measures taken in the event of the Member's violation】

1．If a teacher or other third party makes a complaint or request to the Company regarding the Member's use of the Service and the Company deems it necessary, the Company may request the Member to cooperate in an investigation (including out-of-court dispute resolution procedures), and the Member shall cooperate. In addition, if the Company determines that the Member falls under any of the following items, the Company may suspend the Member's use of the Service (terminate the Terms of Service) without prior notice or warning to the Member or take other necessary measures.

(1)If the Member violates or the Company judges the Member is deemed likely to violate any provision of these Terms of Service.
(2)If a complaint or claim is made to the Company by another company regarding the Member's use of the Service, and the Company determines that it is necessary to deal with the complaint or claim
(3)If the Member is not contacted by phone, e-mail, etc. (including cases where the Company's mail server receives more than a certain number of error notifications such as an incoming mail server error or an unknown destination address during regular e-mail delivery).
(4)If an e-mail sent to the Member is returned to the Company.
(5)If the Member is subject to criminal punishment for violating laws and regulations, etc.
(6)If payment is suspended or the Member becomes unable to pay.
(7)If a petition for seizure, provisional seizure, or auction is filed, or if the Member is subject to disposition for delinquent of public taxes and charges.
(8)When a petition for bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganization, or special liquidation is filed, or when serious doubts arise about the credit status.
(9)When a supervisory agency revokes or suspends a business license.
(10)When the Member is in violation of Article 11 (Prohibited Matters) or the Company determines that the Member is in danger of violating it.
(11)When the Company determines that the Member is a member of antisocial forces (antisocial forces refer to organized crime groups, members of organized crime groups, right-wing groups, antisocial forces, or other similar persons; the same applies below.) or when the Company determines that the Member has some kind of interaction or involvement with antisocial forces, such as maintenance or operation of antisocial forces through providing funds and other means, or cooperating or participating in the management of antisocial forces.
(12)When the Member violates these Terms of Service other than the preceding paragraph and fails to do so within a reasonable time frame after the Company has demanded that such violation be corrected.
(13)When the Company wishes to terminate the Terms of Service at its discretion.

2．If the Company incurs damage because of the Member’s falling under any of the items in paragraph 1, the Member must compensate the Company for the damage suffered, regardless of whether the Terms of Service have been terminated or not.

3．If the Member does not use the Service as the Member for a considerable period (more than two years) (including suspension of attendance), the Company may terminate the Terms of Service with the inactive Member and delete the account to reduce the burden on system operations. In this case, the Company shall not be liable for the termination.

4．The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the Member because of the Company's termination of the Terms of Service.

5．If the Company terminates the contract with the Member pursuant to the provisions of this article, the Member shall automatically lose the benefit of the term for all debts owed to the Company, and the Member must immediately pay the debt to the Company. In addition, if the Member delays payment of the debt, the Member shall pay to the Company late charges at the rate of 6% per annum, calculated from the day after the contract is terminated, and an administrative fee of 1,500 yen. In addition, the Company shall not accept any questions or complaints regarding the suspension of use by the Member (termination of the Terms of Service).

6．The handling of user's information after cancellation of the registration shall be pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 (Handling of the Member's information, etc.).

Article 13【Change of the Terms of Service】

1．The Company shall be able to change the Terms of Service at its discretion when the case is applicable to either one of the following:

(1)When the change of the Terms of Service applicable to public benefits.
(2)When the change of the Terms of Service is not against the purpose of the contract, and it is rational in line with the necessity, rationality of the contents of changes after those were made as well as the reasonableness in the context of circumstances related to the contents of changes and other changes.

2．When changing these Terms of Service pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify the Member by posting on the Service or by email of the fact that these Terms of Service are being changed, the content of the changed Terms of Service, and their effective date, at least one month prior to the effective date of the changed Terms of Service.

3．If the Member uses the Service provided by the Company's head office after the effective date of the changed Terms of Service, the Member shall be deemed to have agreed to the changes to these Terms of Service.

Article 14【Intellectual Property, etc. of the Company】

1．All intellectual property rights and other rights, such as copyrights (Including all the copyrights related to all software used in the Service and those related to the Service) patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, copyrights, domain names and other intellectual property rights, as well as rights related to applications or registrations for such intellectual property rights (hereinafter referred to as the "Intellectual Rights") of the aggregation of design, information, data, databases, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Data, etc.") posted on the Service or distributed by the Service, belong to the legitimate holder of such rights, including the Company or affiliates that provide the data, etc. to the Service.

2．The Member shall not be allowed to copy, photograph, or otherwise reprint the content of the Service without obtaining permission from both the Company and the instructors.

3．The Member is deemed to agree not to copy, publish, transmit, distribute, transfer, loan, translate, adapt, license, reprint or reuse the Service or software or the content contained therein (whether in whole or in part) unless prior written consent is obtained from the Company, partners or advertisers.

4．If the Member violates the preceding paragraph, the Company reserves the right to stop the use of the Data etc. and any reproduction, publication, transmission, distribution, transfer, loan, translation, adaptation, licensing, reprinting or reuse of the Data etc., and the Member is deemed to acknowledge in advance that the Company has the right to claim from the Member an amount equivalent to the profits the Member has gained through such action.

Article 15【Information submitted by the Member】

1．The Member shall guarantee that the information submitted by the Member does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of the Company, instructors, or other third parties.

2．The copyright of the information submitted by the Member belongs to the Member.

3．The Member shall not be allowed to ask instructors to correct any work that the original creator has prohibited from being made into derivative works. If a dispute arises with a third party because of creating derivative works or requesting an instructor to correct derivative works, the Member shall be liable for resolving the dispute and providing compensation, and the Company shall not bear any liability.

4．When posting information submitted by the Member including corrections made during lessons, on the Service or other media, the Company shall require individual permission of the Member or notify the Member in advance.

5．With regard to the work submitted by the Member to the Company’s bulletin board and assignments submitted for correction outside of lessons, the Company may use it as a teaching example and public relations material for the Company, and may copy, publish, edit (the Company shall endeavor to make minor editing changes for posting), and reuse it for posting on the Service or other media without prior permission from the Member.

6．The Company shall allow the Member to post the Member’s information submitted as the Member’s assignment for correction on the SNS account that the Member has an account. The results of corrections made by instructors to the Member's work may also be posted. However, please refrain from posting any content that criticizes the Company or instructors or negative opinions about the Service. Please note that if such posting falls under Article 11 (Prohibited Matters), the Company may terminate the Member's contract or suspend the use of the Service.

Article 16【Handling of Confidential Information】

1．Members shall not disclose or leak to a third party any technical, business or other business information provided by the Company for the performance of the Service, which the Company has designated in advance in writing as confidential, and which has specified the scope of the Confidential Information and clearly indicated that it is Confidential Information at the time of provision (hereinafter referred to as "Confidential Information"). However, this does not apply to cases where the Company has given prior written consent, or to the information that falls under any of the following items:

(1)Information already held without any obligation of confidentiality
(2)Information legitimately obtained from a third party without any obligation of confidentiality
(3)Information independently developed without using information provided by the Company
(4)Information that has become publicly known regardless of whether it was received before or after the receipt, without violating the Terms of Service, etc.
(5) Information provided without any designation, identified ranges, or display notifying the fact of Confidential Information in accordance with this Article.

2．Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Member may disclose Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed under the provisions of laws and regulations or at the request of an authorized public office to the recipient or public office under the provisions of said laws and regulations. In this case, the Member shall notify the Company of the intention to disclose before the disclosure, unless it is contrary to relevant laws and regulations, and if it is not possible to give notice before disclosure, the Member shall do so promptly after disclosure.

3．If the Member is provided with Confidential Information, the Member shall take the necessary measures to manage Confidential Information.

4．If the Member is provided with Confidential Information, the Member shall use the Confidential Information provided by the Company only within the scope of performing the Service, and may copy or modify (collectively, in this paragraph, "Copy, etc.") materials, etc. that materialize the Confidential Information (hereinafter referred to as "Materials, etc." in this Article) to the extent necessary for the performance of the Service. In this case, the Member shall treat the copied Confidential Information as Confidential Information as defined in this Article. If copying, etc. is necessary beyond the scope which is necessary for the performance of the Service, the Member shall obtain written consent from the Company in advance.

5．If requested by the Company, the Member who has been provided with Confidential Information shall return the Materials, etc. (including Confidential Information that has been reproduced or altered with the Company's consent pursuant to Paragraph 4) to the Company, and if the Confidential Information has been stored on the Member's facility or the facility used for the Service, the Member shall completely delete it.

Article 17【Closures and Changes】

1．The Company may set regular closing days for each facility.

2．The Company may change opening hours at its discretion without prior notice.

Article 18【Suspension, Change, and Termination of the Service】

1．The Company shall reserve the right to change the contents of the Service (including tuition fees) or terminate the provision of the Service at its convenience. If the Company suspends, changes, or terminates the Service, the Company shall endeavor to notify the Member in advance wherever possible, however, advance notice may not be possible in emergency situations, and the Member agrees to this beforehand.

2．The Company may temporarily suspend or close all or part of the Company’s facilities when it determines whether it is difficult or unsuitable to operate due to any of the following reasons:

(1)When it is unavoidable to carry out maintenance of the system necessary for providing the Service or other services, remodeling, expansion, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance of facilities, or when maintenance or construction of telecommunications equipment occurs, or when unavoidable failures occur in those.
(2)When it is difficult to provide normal services due to forcible obstruction of business, etc., or when the Company judges that it is difficult to do so.
(3)When it becomes difficult to provide the Service due to the suspension of telecommunications services by telecommunications carriers or domestic or foreign telecommunications entities, or the suspension of power supply services by power companies, or other public services.
(4)When a judgment is handed down, laws and regulations are enacted, amended, or abolished, or when administrative agencies issue dispositions (including adverse dispositions), administrative guidance, orders, etc.
(5)When an emergency occurs or there is a risk of an emergency due to an earthquake, tsunami, typhoon, lightning strike, or other natural disaster, war, civil unrest, enactment, amendment or abolition of laws and regulations, or another force majeure, etc.
(6)When there is a significant change in social conditions, or when there is a risk of such a change.
(7)When the Company judges that it is necessary to suspend or halt the provision of the Service.

Article 19【Consignment】

The Company may outsource all or part of the work required for the Service to the Member to a third party.

Article 20【Disclaimer of Liability and Terms of Compensation for Damage by the Company】

1．The Company shall not guarantee that the Service will meet the specific purpose of the Member, that it has the expected functionality, commercial value, accuracy, or usefulness that the Member's use of the Service will comply with the laws and regulations or internal rules of industry organizations that apply to the Member, or that there will be no malfunctions. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the Member or third parties due to the information.

2．The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the Member or third parties arising from or related to the use of the Service (including damage caused by troubles between the Member and others), or damage caused to the Member or third parties due to the inability to use the Service (including but not limited to the damage concretely specified below in this article), except the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company, and shall not be obligated to pay for any damage.

3．The Company shall not be liable for the Member or third parties for the results of actions taken by the Company or instructors in accordance with the provisions of these terms and conditions, regardless of the cause, except the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company.

4．The Company shall not accept requests to specify a teacher. If the Company does not respond to the Member's request to specify a teacher, the Company shall not be liable for it in any way.

5．The Member shall understand that the lessons are not one-on-one lessons. Each teacher may provide individual instruction to a maximum of three members, and the Company shall not be liable for any damage in any way, including lost profits, caused by the Member who take lessons during the time when there are many members.

6．The number of days and time slots available for lessons may change depending on the teacher's attendance status. In this case, the Company shall not be responsible in any way for damage caused to members or third parties due to the change of time when the lesson starts or other collateral damage.

7．If the Member causes damage to a teacher or a third party through the Member's intentional or negligent acts when receiving services or corrections from a teacher, the Member shall be liable for such damage, and the Company shall not be liable for it in any way.

8．The Company shall not be liable for any force majeure beyond our control, such as breakdowns, problems, power outages, or communication line malfunctions in the equipment that provides the Service.

9．Personal authentication information, personal information, and other data related to the Member may be lost or erased due to system failures, etc. Even if the Data related to the Member is lost or erased due to such an event, the Company shall not be liable for any damage caused as a result, except the case of willful or gross negligence on the part of the Company.

10．The Company shall not be liable for any damage suffered by the Member or third parties because of the use of the Member's personal information by others, regardless of whether the Member was willful or negligent.

11．The Member shall be fully liable for all actions taken and the results obtained through the Service using their personal information, regardless of whether they were the Member him/herself.

12．The Member shall be liable for the use of the Service and all actions taken using the Service and their results (including the content of the information submitted by the Member), and in the event of a dispute between the Company or a third party or damage caused to the Company or a third party due to the use of the Service, the Member shall resolve the matter at his/her own responsibility and expense.

13．If the Member receives a complaint from a third party in relation to the Service or if a dispute arises with such a person, the Member shall immediately notify the Company of the details and shall handle the complaint or dispute at the Member's own expense and responsibility. If the Company requests a report of the progress or results in relation to this paragraph, the Member shall immediately report the progress or results to the Company.

14．If any damage occurred to the Member due to the Company's default or tort in connection with the Member's use of the Service, the Company shall be liable for compensation to the Member up to the amount of the tuition fee paid by the Member for the month in which the default or tort occurred. However, this does not apply if the Company is guilty of willful or gross negligence.

15．The Service's site may contain links to other websites. If the linked website is not managed and operated by the Company, the Company shall not be liable for the availability of sites or resources outside the Service.

16．Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, if the Company's exemption from liability as provided in these Terms of Service is not admitted due to mandatory laws, final court decisions, etc., the Company shall be liable to compensate the Member only for ordinary and direct damage suffered.

Article 21【Compensation of Damage to the Member】

1．If the Company incurs damage due to the Member's actions (including claims from third parties arising from the Member's actions), the Company may claim compensation from the Member for the full amount of such damage (including attorney's fees borne by the Company).

2．If the Company receives a claim from an instructor or another third party for infringement of rights or other reasons in connection with the Member's use of the Service, the Member must compensate the Company for any amount that the Company is forced to pay to a third party based on the claim.

3．If the Member is late in paying a debt, the Member must pay to the Company late payment charges at the rate of 6% per annum calculated from the day after the payment date, plus an administrative fee of 1,500 yen for an overdue amount.

Article 22【Transfer of Rights and Obligations, etc.】

1．The Member may not assign, transfer, collateralize, or otherwise dispose of his/her rights or obligations under these Terms of Service or his/her status under the Terms of Service to a third party without the prior written consent of the Company.

2．If the Company transfers the business related to the Service to a third party (regardless of the means such as a business transfer, company split, or others), the Company may transfer the status under the Terms of Service, the rights and obligations under the Terms of Service, and the Member's registered information and other customer information to the transferee of the transfer, and the Member shall be deemed to have consented to such transfer in advance under this paragraph.

Article 23【Severability】

If any provision of the Terms of Service is deemed to be against the laws, the provision shall not apply to the contract between the Company and the Member only to the extent of the provision is deemed to be against the laws. However, even in this case, the validity of other provisions of the Terms of Service shall not be affected. For paragraphs and other parts of the Terms of Service that are deemed to be against the laws in this case, The Company and the Member shall mutually negotiate with each other to ensure the objective of the Terms of Service as well as legal and economic equivalent effects.

Article 24【Surviving Provisions】

Even after the termination of the Terms of Service, provisions that should naturally survive in the light of the nature of provisions shall remain in effect even after the Terms of Service are terminated, regardless of the reason including expiration, termination, lapse or others.

Article 25【Governing Law and Jurisdiction】

1．The governing law for these Terms of Service shall be the laws of Japan.

2．In the event of a lawsuit based on or related to these Terms of Service between the Company and the Member, the Gifu District Court shall be the court of first instance and an exclusive court of jurisdiction for agreement.

Article 26【Consultation and Resolution】

In the event of any matter not specified in these Terms of Service or any doubt regarding the interpretation of these Terms of Service, the Company and the Member shall promptly seek a resolution through consultation in accordance with the principle of good faith.