Website Terms of Use | NEXT WORLD Inc.

Article 1 (Application)

1.1
These Terms apply to the relationship between the Company and Users with respect to browsing this Website, making inquiries, and any other use of this Website.
1.2
Where the Company establishes individual rules, notices, guidelines, or other conditions on this Website (the "Individual Provisions"), such Individual Provisions shall constitute a part of these Terms.
1.3
Where the content of these Terms differs from that of the Individual Provisions, the Individual Provisions shall prevail unless otherwise stipulated therein.
1.4
Where a separate agreement concerning this Website or the Company's services, such as a contract, application form, statement of work, or non-disclosure agreement, has been concluded between the Company and a User, that separate agreement shall prevail over these Terms.

Article 2 (Purpose of this Website)

2.1
The purpose of this Website is to provide general information regarding the Company, including its business activities, philosophy, services, and research and analysis activities.
2.2
Descriptions of services on this Website are general summaries only and do not constitute a guarantee that the Company will provide any service to a particular User, enter into any agreement, achieve any particular result, or offer any specific terms or conditions.
2.3
The specific content, scope of work, conditions of provision, fees, delivery dates, deliverables, intellectual property rights, confidentiality, scope of liability, and other conditions of the Company's services shall be determined by a contract, application form, statement of work, or other separate agreement concluded between the Company and the User.

Article 3 (Status of Posted Information)

3.1
The text, charts, diagrams, data, analyses, views, case studies, and other information posted on this Website are provided solely as general reference materials for Users' information gathering and consideration.
3.2
The information posted on this Website is not prepared on the premise of the circumstances of any particular User, and does not constitute a recommendation, solicitation, endorsement, or guarantee with respect to any particular product, business, agreement, investment, transaction, or course of action.
3.3
The information posted on this Website is not a substitute for professional advice in legal, tax, accounting, financial, investment, technical, or other fields.
3.4
For advice concerning a specific matter, Users should consult an attorney, certified public tax accountant, certified public accountant, registered financial instruments business operator, or other appropriately qualified professional as necessary.
3.5
Users shall use the information posted on this Website at their own discretion and responsibility.

Article 4 (Matters to Note Regarding Investment and Other Decisions)

4.1
The information posted on this Website does not constitute any act falling within Investment Advisory and Agency Business or Investment Management Business, any investment solicitation, or any brokerage, intermediation, or agency activity relating to the purchase, sale, or other transaction of financial instruments under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan or any other applicable law.
4.2
The information posted on this Website does not recommend or guarantee any investment decision, including the acquisition, sale, or holding of any particular financial instrument, security, business, company, or other investment target.
4.3
Users shall make investment, business, contractual, and other decisions at their own discretion and responsibility, after conducting the necessary research and consulting professionals.
4.4
The content and legal characterization of any service provided by the Company under a separate agreement shall be governed by the terms of that agreement.

Article 5 (Statements Regarding AI and Analytical Technologies)

5.1
This Website may contain descriptions of analytical or decision-support services that the Company provides utilizing AI or other information processing technologies.
5.2
By their nature, analyses using AI or other information processing technologies may contain errors, omissions, bias, uncertainty, or outputs that are incomplete or inconsistent with then-current information.
5.3
Descriptions of AI or other technologies on this Website do not guarantee any particular analytical result, outcome, accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or future result.
5.4
The Company's services are intended to provide the information and materials necessary for a User's decision-making, and do not make final decisions on behalf of the User.
5.5
The use of AI, information-handling arrangements, scope of analysis, deliverables, and allocation of responsibilities for each engagement shall be governed by the applicable agreement between the Company and the User.

Article 6 (Inquiries and Transmission of Confidential Information)

6.1
Inquiries through this Website shall be accepted via the e-mail address designated by the Company or by such other method as the Company designates.
6.2
Users shall not transmit the following information before concluding a non-disclosure agreement or other agreement with the Company:
1. trade secrets and other material confidential information;
2. Japan's Individual Number ("My Number"), passwords, authentication codes, or other authentication credentials;
3. information subject to a confidentiality obligation owed to a third party;
4. information whose transmission or disclosure is restricted by laws, regulations, or contract; and
5. personal information or material information exceeding the scope necessary for an ordinary inquiry.
6.3
Personal information and other information obtained by the Company through an inquiry shall be handled in accordance with the separately established Privacy Policy.
6.4
Where a separate agreement regarding confidentiality has been concluded between the Company and a User, that agreement shall prevail over these Terms.
6.5
The submission of an inquiry, the holding of a meeting, the receipt of materials, or any similar circumstance does not mean that the Company has agreed to accept the relevant engagement, nor does it constitute the formation of any services agreement, mandate agreement, outsourcing agreement, or other contract.
6.6
The Company shall determine whether to respond to an inquiry or request, taking into account the nature of the matter, its compatibility with the Company's services, conflicts of interest, legal compliance, information management, its capacity to respond, and other circumstances.
6.7
Except where an obligation exists under laws and regulations or under a separate agreement, the Company shall have no obligation to disclose the reasons for not responding or the details of its review.

Article 7 (Prohibited Acts)

In using this Website, Users shall not engage in any conduct that falls, or is reasonably likely to fall, within any of the following categories:

acts that violate laws or regulations or public order and morals;
criminal acts or acts related to criminal acts;
acts that infringe the copyrights, trademark rights, trade secrets, portrait rights, privacy, or any other rights or interests of the Company or any third party;
transmitting false information or impersonating a third party;
altering information posted on this Website or the programs or other components of this Website;
unauthorized access, or attempted unauthorized access, to this Website or the Company's information systems, or circumventing security functions;
transmitting viruses, malware, or other harmful programs or data;
placing an excessive load on this Website or the Company's information systems;
accessing this Website in large volumes by automated means beyond the scope necessary for ordinary browsing;
selling, redistributing, or otherwise using information on this Website for commercial purposes without the Company's prior consent;
using this Website, or the Company's name, logo, or service names, in a manner that falsely suggests or implies an alliance, cooperation, approval, endorsement, or other relationship with the Company;
unjustifiably damaging the reputation or credibility of the Company or any third party, or obstructing the operation of this Website;
providing benefits to anti-social forces or otherwise promoting the activities of anti-social forces;
directly or indirectly assisting, inducing, or facilitating any of the foregoing acts; and
any other act that the Company reasonably determines to be inappropriate for the management and operation of this Website.

Article 8 (Intellectual Property Rights)

8.1
Copyrights, trademark rights, and other intellectual property rights in the text, charts, photographs, images, video, audio, logos, trademarks, designs, programs, data, and all other content posted on this Website (the "Content") belong to the Company or to third parties holding legitimate rights therein.
8.2
The ability to browse or use this Website does not transfer or license to Users any intellectual property rights or other rights in the Content.
8.3
Users shall not reproduce, republish, modify, adapt, distribute, sell, publicly transmit, reuse, or otherwise exploit the Content without the prior consent of the Company or the relevant rights holder, beyond the scope permitted by laws and regulations, including private use and lawful quotation.
8.4
The prior consent of the Company must be obtained in order to use the Company's name, service names, logos, marks, or similar indications posted on this Website.

Article 9 (Restrictions on AI Training, Automated Collection, and Other Uses)

9.1
Except where such restriction is not permitted under applicable laws and regulations, Users shall not, without the Company's prior written consent, reproduce, collect, obtain, store, analyze, process, provide, or otherwise use the Content for any of the following purposes or by any of the following methods:
1. creating datasets for machine learning;
2. training, additional training, evaluation, or validation of generative AI or other AI models;
3. incorporation into RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) or other search or generation systems;
4. automated scraping, crawling, or data extraction;
5. creating or providing a database, search service, summarization service, or other service that substantially substitutes for the Content; and
6. any other use similar to the foregoing.
9.2
Where the Company indicates its intention regarding automated collection, AI training, or similar activities by technical means such as robots.txt, HTTP headers, or metadata, Users shall respect that indication, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
9.3
Nothing in this Article is intended to prohibit lawful quotation or any other use that may not lawfully be restricted by agreement under applicable laws and regulations.

Article 10 (External Sites and Links)

10.1
This Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.
10.2
The Company neither controls nor guarantees the content, accuracy, safety, legality, terms of use, or any other aspect of external sites or external services not operated by the Company.
10.3
The existence of a link from this Website to an external site does not mean that the Company recommends, approves, or guarantees that external site, its operator, or the products, services, or content posted thereon.
10.4
Linking to this Website is generally permitted. However, links established in any of the following ways are prohibited:
1. in a manner that falsely suggests or implies an alliance, cooperation, approval, or other relationship with the Company;
2. framing this Website, or otherwise displaying it as part of another website or in a manner that obscures the identity of its operator;
3. in a manner that infringes the rights of, or damages the reputation or credibility of, the Company or any third party;
4. links from websites containing illegal content or content contrary to public order and morals; and
5. any other manner that the Company reasonably determines to be inappropriate.
10.5
Even after a link to this Website has been established, the Company may request its removal where the Company has reasonable grounds to do so.

Article 11 (Modification, Suspension, and Termination of this Website)

11.1
The Company may modify all or part of this Website, or temporarily suspend or terminate its provision, in any of the following cases:
1. where maintenance, inspection, updating, or renovation of this Website is carried out;
2. where a failure occurs in communication lines, servers, systems, or otherwise;
3. where an event of force majeure occurs, such as an earthquake, fire, power outage, infectious disease, or cyberattack;
4. where it is necessary to respond to laws and regulations, or to an order of an administrative agency or a court; and
5. where the Company reasonably determines that it is otherwise necessary for the operation of this Website.
11.2
Where possible, the Company shall endeavor to give advance notice of any modification, suspension, or termination by posting on this Website or by other appropriate means.
11.3
In an emergency, or where advance notice is otherwise difficult, the Company may not give advance notice.

Article 12 (Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability)

12.1
The Company shall endeavor to ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of the information posted on this Website to a reasonable extent. However, the Company does not guarantee its accuracy, completeness, timeliness, usefulness, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other matter.
12.2
Where forward-looking information such as outlooks, forecasts, plans, targets, or scenarios is posted on this Website, that information is based on the assumptions, information, or judgments as of the time of posting, and actual results may differ.
12.3
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website, the use of information posted on this Website, the inability to use this Website, the use of external sites, or otherwise in relation to this Website, except to the extent caused by an act or omission attributable to the Company.
12.4
Where the Company is liable for damages, its liability shall be limited to ordinary and direct damages proximately caused by the relevant act or omission of the Company. However, this shall not apply where the Company has acted with intent or gross negligence, or in any other case where a limitation of liability is not permitted under laws and regulations.
12.5
To the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the Company shall not be liable for damages arising from special circumstances, indirect damages, lost profits, loss of business opportunities, loss of data, or other consequential damages, whether or not foreseeable. However, this exclusion or limitation of liability shall not apply where the Company has acted with intent or gross negligence, or where such exclusion or limitation is otherwise not permitted under applicable laws and regulations.
12.6
Notwithstanding this Article or any other provision of these Terms, where the exemption or limitation of the Company's liability is not permitted under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan or other applicable laws and regulations, the provisions of those laws and regulations shall prevail.

Article 13 (Modification of these Terms)

13.1
The Company may modify these Terms without obtaining the individual consent of each User in either of the following cases:
1. where the modification conforms to the general interest of Users; or
2. where the modification is not contrary to the purpose of use of this Website and is reasonable in light of the necessity of the modification, the appropriateness of the modified content, the existence and content of provisions concerning modifications to these Terms, and other circumstances relating to the modification.
13.2
Where the Company modifies these Terms pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall specify the effective date of the modification and, before that effective date, give notice of the fact that these Terms will be modified, the content of the modified Terms, and the effective date, by posting on this Website or by other appropriate means.
13.3
The modified Terms shall apply from the effective date specified and notified pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
13.4
Where a modification cannot be made pursuant to Section 13.1 and the individual consent of Users is required under laws and regulations, the Company shall obtain such consent in accordance with those laws and regulations.

Article 14 (Severability)

Even if all or part of any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable under laws and regulations or by a court, the remainder of that provision and all other provisions of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect.

Article 15 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

15.1
The interpretation and application of these Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan.
15.2
If a dispute arises between the Company and a User in relation to this Website or these Terms, the Company and the User shall endeavor to resolve it in good faith.
15.3
Any dispute arising between the Company and a User in relation to this Website or these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court or the Tokyo Summary Court as the court of first instance, depending on the amount in dispute, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations.

Article 16 (Company Information)

Company name: NEXT WORLD Inc.
Address: Ginza MADISON Building 4F
8-5-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
Representative: Takashi Hayashi, Representative Director
Telephone: +81-3-5568-0123 (main)
Date of enactment: March 5, 2026