Thank you for visiting the Gakken Holdings, Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Gakken”) website1.
This website is managed and operated by Gakken and its associated firms, and their representatives. Usage is governed by the terms of use specified below.
1The “Gakken website” includes all services provided under the Gakken Holdings, Co., Ltd. company name or operated under the domain gakken.co.jp.
The rights (including copyrights, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademarks, and image rights) to all content featured on this site (content is hereafter defined as information including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, downloads in digital format, edited data, and software) are owned or managed by Gakken or another third party and may not be used without obtaining prior written permission from Gakken (usage is hereafter defined as activities including but not limited to reproduction, modification, uploading, posting, sending, distribution, licensing, sale, and publication).
The rights to all emblems (including trademarks and logos) and trade names featured on this site are held by Gakken or another third party and may not be used without obtaining prior written permission from Gakken.
Gakken does not guarantee the completeness, accuracy, certainty, value, or adequacy of any content or information featured on this site. The company will not be held responsible for any damages suffered by users directly or indirectly due to the use of information or content included on this site. Access to this site constitutes user agreement to these terms.
Please notify Gakken when posting a link to or from this site, or when publishing the name of the site or domain on another site or in another publication. Please note that publishing the site name, domain name, or a link on a site or in a publication that is involved in, promotes, or has the potential to be involved in any of the above prohibited activities is forbidden. Anyone found doing so will be asked to stop use or remove the information.
Also note that links to and from the site posted on third-party sites other than the Gakken site are not managed by Gakken. Gakken assumes no responsibility for damages arising from the usage of these third-party sites or their contents.
Gakken reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions. Changes go into effect as soon as they are posted on the top page of the site. Once they are posted, access to the site constitutes user agreement to the new terms and conditions.
The establishment, interpretation, effect, and all other matters relating to the usage of this site are governed by Japanese law. All Gakken terms of use and related terms for individual service providers apply.
If a legal dispute should arise between Gakken and a user of this site, the exclusive trial court of jurisdiction shall be either the Tokyo District Court or the Tokyo Summary Court of Japan.
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At Gakken Group, our corporate philosophy and company charter demand that we respect our customers’ privacy and handle personal information appropriately.
Gakken complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and all related laws protecting your personal information. The company has also set forth additional rules protecting personal information within the Gakken Group.
In order to protect personal information held by Gakken from loss, falsification, leakage, and the like, we have established a system for appropriately and securely managing it from the time it is received through storage and eventual destruction.
When obtaining your personal information, we will only do so through appropriate means and clearly identify the purposes for which we will use it.
We will never provide personal information to a third party without permission, except when doing so is legal and in accordance with the law.
When entrusting your personal information to a third party, we will require that the third party handle it appropriately.
Appropriate measures will be taken in accordance with the law when customers follow established procedures to request that Gakken disclose, correct, or stop use of their personal information.
Gakken Holdings, Co., Ltd. shall be responsible for managing all collected personal information.
Note that as a publishing company, Gakken also has a responsibility to uphold the public’s right to information and pursue truth in accordance with the right to free speech. The above privacy policy does not apply to reporting activities not covered under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information Publication based on the Act on the Protection of Personal Information
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Telephone hours: M-F 9AM–5PM (closed weekends and holidays) Customers who contact Gakken will be asked to provide their address, name, phone number, and other information in order to verify their identity. We may need to contact customers at a later time if we cannot verify this information immediately. We appreciate your understanding.
All images, text, characters, and other content in Gakken Group publications or on the Gakken website are copyrighted, and their use is protected under copyright law. The Gakken Group prohibits the following uses of copyrighted material in publications or on the internet/intranet without permission (list is not exhaustive).
The above activities are an infringement of copyright when engaged in for any reason, whether commercial and non-commercial. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
If you do not wish to receive communication from Gakken or have other inquiries and requests regarding personal information, please contact us at:
Telephone hours: M-F 9AM–5PM (closed weekends and holidays)
Customers who contact Gakken will be asked to provide their address, name, phone number, and other information in order to verify their identity. We may need to contact customers at a later time if we cannot verify this information immediately. We appreciate your understanding.