Content Policy
I. Overview
Ultimedia Inc., (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other related laws and regulations, and recognizes that the proper handling of customer specific information (hereinafter referred to as "personal information") held by the Company is an important social responsibility of an enterprise.
II. About the Content Policy
The Company's Content Policy is an integral part of the Terms and Conditions of Use for the provision of the Service and serves as a standard for collecting, producing, and providing Content, but the Company does not guarantee that individual Content conforms to all of the criteria set forth below.
The Company may change the content policy at any time, and revisions to the content policy will come into effect at the time they are posted on this page.
III. Basic Policy
The content provided by the Service is intended to be clear and free of grammatical errors.
The service provides content produced by the Company, content cited from other media, and contributions by the Company (including manuscripts ordered by the Company). The Company conducts sufficient research, data collection, etc. when creating content, and makes every effort to provide reliable information.
IV. The Purpose of the Service
The purpose of the content of the Service is to provide the following people with easy-to-understand explanations of the charms of Japan and for those living in Japan, to rediscover the charms of Japan.
The Content of the Service is a website that aims to convey the appeal of Japan in an easy-to-understand manner through the use of video clips and accompanying information in the form of explanatory text, to those inside Japan as well as to those outside of Japan who have little or no knowledge of Japan.
- Foreign nationals interested in Japan
- Those considering a trip to Japan
- International travelers in Japan
- Foreign nationals living in Japan
V. Video Articles
The main content of the Service is the explanatory text for the videos and the articles that summarize the accompanying information in the videos.
Writers that the Company contracts prepare explanatory text based on videos collected by the Company for non-native Japanese speakers, with the goal of making the text easy to understand even for those who do not speak Japanese, and the Company strives to create articles in the pursuit of convenience, which includes posting information on places and citing their location.
The videos posted in the Content are embedded using the API function provided by video sites.
When using the API function, the Company follows the terms and conditions of said video sites.
As for the images in each article, the Company uses images owned by the Company or that are copyrighted to us after being purchased for a fee, and when the Company uses images for content creation that are not copyrighted to the Company, we cite them appropriately.
Users agree to use the Service in accordance with the terms and conditions of each site listed below.
- 【YouTube】https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
- 【Vimeo】https://vimeo.com/terms
- 【dailymotion】https://www.dailymotion.com/legal/terms
- 【Facebook】https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
- 【Twitter】https://twitter.com/en/tos
- 【Instagram】https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870
VI. User Posts
By posting content that does not violate the Terms and Conditions of Use （https://cooljapan-videos.com/en/terms）, users from all over the world can communicate smoothly by using the real-time translation feature. If you have a request to delete an image posted by a user for reasons such as a violation of rights, please contact us and let us know.
VII. The Search System
Each video belongs to a specific channel related to its content and there are detailed tags based on the region and content of the video, allowing users to search for videos that are relevant to what they are looking for.
To video creators
■Intentions and Expectations for This Service
This service is a website that aims to provide Japanese people with a tool to rediscover the charms of Japan, and for people from overseas who do not know much about Japan, it conveys the charms of Japan through videos and informational text that accompanies the videos to provide easy-to-understand and accurate knowledge of the country.
We also hope that by posting these precious videos on COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, those outside of Japan will come to learn about your videos, and this will help to increase the number of video views, even if only slightly.
Please refer to the "About Us" page （https://cooljapan-videos.com/en/about）for more details.
■Regarding Violations of Rights and Requests for Removal
When selecting videos at our company, we are careful not to select videos other than those belonging to the rights holder, but if there is a violation of rights and you wish to request a deletion, or there is a misrepresentation, etc., please contact us by using the "Contact Form" （https://cooljapan-videos.com/en/contact）
We will investigate and respond to your request as soon as possible.
■Regarding the Submission of Videos
If you have a video you would like to recommend that you truly believe highlights the charms of Japan, please submit it via the "Submit Video" page.
After reviewing the video, if it meets the following criteria for publication, we will publish it.
Please note that the criteria for publication is based on the personal opinions of the COOL JAPAN VIDEOS management team.
- The video must convey the appeal of Japan
- The video must not be too short
- The video must be of relatively good quality
- The video must not contain negative content
- The video must not contain content that is offensive, discriminatory, or likely to violate the law
- The video must not contain any private elements
- The video must not contain an overabundance of text, excluding descriptions
- The video must not violate any rights
- The video must not be contrary to public order and morals
- The video must not look like a commercial or advertisement
*There is a possibility that some videos that do not meet the above criteria will be posted if the staff feels they strongly convey the appeal of Japan, contain information not available elsewhere, or are important for conveying the historical facts and traditions of Japan.
■Inquiries
Contact Form
Inquiries will be handled during our business hours, which are as follows: Weekdays from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM (JST)
(Excluding year-end and New Year's holidays, summer vacation, weekends, national holidays, and company holidays)
Linking with the Banner Logo
On COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, you are free to link to the home page or any other page on the website.
You may link to COOL JAPAN VIDEOS without prior or subsequent notice.
We have prepared the following banners for you to use when linking to COOL JAPAN VIDEOS.
Be sure to use the appropriate size.
If you would like to link to our website, please copy and paste the following banner HTML code into your website's HTML.
Also, please observe the following prohibitions when using the banner logos.
・Modification of the official logo (enlarging, modifying, combining with other logos, etc.)
・Misleading use of the official logo by misrepresenting the relationship between the site it is posted on and this site
・Use of the site with content that is against public order, morals, and social ethics
About linking with the icon logo
You can link to any page on COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, with the exception of the home page.
You can also link to COOL JAPAN VIDEOS without the need for permission.
We've prepared the following official icon logos for you to use when linking to COOL JAPAN VIDEOS.
Be sure to use the appropriate size.
If you would like to link to our website, please copy and paste the following icon logo HTML code into your website's HTML.
Also, please abide by the following restrictions when using these icon logos.
・No modification of the official logo (enlarging, editing, combining with other logos, etc.)
・No misleading use of the official logo by misrepresenting the relationship between your site and this site
(If you are actually related, there is no problem in stating that.
・No use of the icon logos with content that is against public order, morals, or social ethics.
Place the COOL JAPAN VIDEOS official icon logo next to your website or blog's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, and link to your COOL JAPAN VIDEOS "MyPage."
You can copy your "MyPage" URL from the 3 dot icon at the top of "MyPage."
About Embedded Links
COOL JAPAN VIDEOS allows you to embed the timeline of user posts and account banners on your website or web page.
The maximum number of posts that can be displayed is 5, in order of most recent.
[How to Embed an Account Banner]
1. Click on the three-dot button to the right of the background image of the user page you wish to embed, and select "Embed Account Banner"
2. You can enter up to 30 characters for the tagline/slogan you wish to display in the embedded banner. If no text is entered, the default text will be displayed.
3. You can specify the display size of the embedded element.
Automatic adjustment - The recommended size will be used.
Manual Adjustment - You can specify the size of the embedded element to fit your website. However, the maximum width is 100% of the width of the element on the page in which it is to be embedded.
4. If you change the tagline/slogan or embedding size, you can preview the change before confirming it.
5. Click the [Copy] button to copy the embedding code.
6. Paste the copied code into the desired location on your website or web page.
[Embedding Timelines]
1. Click on the three-dot button to the right of the background image of the user page you wish to embed, and select "Embed Timeline"
2. You can enter up to 30 characters for the tagline/slogan you wish to display in the embedded timeline.
※If no text is entered, the default text will be displayed.
※After entering the text, click the [Apply] button to confirm it.
3. You can specify the display size of the embedded element. After entering the size, click the [Apply] button to confirm the change.
Automatic adjustment - The recommended size will be used.
Manual Adjustment - You can specify the size of the embedded element to fit your website. However, the maximum width is 100% of the width of the element on the page in which it is to be embedded.
4. Click the [Copy] button to copy the embedding code.
5. Paste the copied code into the desired location on your website or web page.
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