Terms of Use

applippli Platform Terms of Use

Article 1 (Application of Terms of Use)

These terms of use apply to all matters related to the use of the applippli Platform (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”) provided by applippli Co., Ltd.

Article 2 (Definition of Terms)

  1. “Service”
    The name of the “applippli Platform” service provided by our company through the network, and the details of the service shall be the service specifications published on our service public website.
  2. “Contractor”
    A corporation or organization that agrees to the Terms of Use and has concluded a contract with us regarding the use of the Service.
  3. “Usage Agreement”
    A contract concluded between the Contractor and us regarding the use of the Service.
  4. “Applicant”
    A corporation or organization prior to concluding a contract with us regarding the use of the Service.
  5. “Service Usage Information”
    ID, password, and license information issued by us when the Contractor uses the Service.
  6. “Service Specifications”
    This refers to the specifications published on the service publication website that clarify the conditions and content that the services provided by our company must meet.
  7. “Service Publication Website”
    This refers to our company’s website on which details of the relevant service are posted.
  8. “Client Environment”
    This refers to the environment in which the contractor can connect to the service environment provided by our company from a communication line or other computer environment prepared by the contractor.
  9. “Computer Environment”
    This refers to the computer hardware configuration and settings, the OS and other software configuration and settings, and the overall combination of these.
  10. “Service environment”
    The environment provided by the Company to the Contractor.

Article 3 (Conclusion of the Service Agreement)

  1. This Service Agreement stipulates the agreement between the Contractor and the Company on the date of contract establishment, and if there are any discrepancies between the contents of this Service Agreement and the mutually agreed matters, various materials, offers, etc. exchanged prior to the conclusion of this Service Agreement, the contents of this Service Agreement shall take precedence.
  2. If the Company determines that the Applicant falls under any of the following items, it may not conclude this Service Agreement.
    （1）When the applicant declares false facts
    （2）When there is a risk that the applicant will neglect to pay the fees for the use of this service
    （3）When the Company determines that it is technically difficult to provide this service
    （4）When the applicant has previously violated a contract with the Company
    （5）When there is an impediment to the performance of the Company’s business or when the Company otherwise determines that the applicant is inappropriate
  3. If any reason arises for the Contractor to change any of the details of their application, they shall make the changes and corrections on their My Page.
  4. As a general rule, we cannot accept changes to or cancellations of an application after the application procedure has been completed.
  5. As stated in Article 4, the Company shall continue to provide the Service until the Contractor requests termination of the Service Agreement.

Article 4 (Termination of the Service)

  1. When the Contractor wishes to terminate the Service Agreement, he/she shall carry out the procedure through My Page. If the Company accepts the Contractor’s request for termination by the 15th of the month, the relevant individual Service Agreement shall be terminated on the Company’s last business day of the month. The termination time shall be 14:00 on the Company’s last business day. For termination requests made after the 15th of the month, the termination shall take place at 14:00 on the Company’s last business day of the following month.
    Example: Request for termination by June 15th → Termination at 14:00 on the Company’s last business day of the month
    １．Either the Contracting Party or the Company may immediately terminate this Service Agreement in whole or in part without any notice or warning to the other party if any of the following applies to the other party:
    (1) When a bill or check is dishonored
    (2) When a petition for attachment, provisional attachment, provisional disposition or auction is filed, or when a disposition for tax delinquency is received
    (3) When a petition for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, specific arbitration proceedings, corporate reorganization proceedings, civil rehabilitation proceedings, or other similar bankruptcy proceedings is filed, or when liquidation is entered.
    (4) When dissolving or transferring all or a significant part of the business to a third party
    (5) When the business is cancelled or suspended by a supervisory authority, or when the business is about to be transferred or closed down, and it is reasonably expected that the contract for the use of this service will not be fulfilled
    (6) There is a material falsehood in the information declared
    (7) When the obligation under the contract for the use of this service is not fulfilled, and despite receiving a reasonable period of notice from the other party, the obligation is still not fulfilled within that period

Article 5 (Provision of this service)

The Company shall provide the Contractor with the Service in accordance with the Service Agreement and with the due care of a prudent administrator.

Article 6 (Use of the Service)

  1. To use the Service, the Contractor shall prepare a communication line and other computer environment and connect to the computer equipment that constitutes the Service provided by the Company. The Service is provided by connecting the client environment to the Company’s service environment via a network.
  2. Unless otherwise specified, the Contractor’s use of the Service shall be in accordance with the method set out in the preceding paragraph, and the Contractor may not enter the Company’s data center in order to use the Service.

Article 7 (Service Hours)

  1. The service hours shall be as per the service specifications published on the service publication website.
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the Service, the Company may conduct planned maintenance (hereinafter referred to as “Planned Maintenance”) and may temporarily suspend the provision of the Service in order to conduct the Planned Maintenance.
    In such cases, the Company shall notify the Contractor concerned of the Planned Maintenance that it will conduct the Planned Maintenance.
  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, the Company may temporarily suspend the provision of the Service to carry out emergency maintenance (hereinafter referred to as “Emergency Maintenance”) when it is deemed unavoidable in order to maintain the Service. In such a case, the Company shall promptly report the fact that the Emergency Maintenance has been carried out to the Contractor involved in the Emergency Maintenance after the Emergency Maintenance is carried out.

Article 8 (Contractor’s Obligation to Cooperate)

  1. The Contractor shall provide the Company with information required for the Company to provide the Service.
  2. When using the Service, the Contractor shall designate a person to act as the contact point with the Company (hereinafter referred to as the “Contact Person”) and shall notify the Company of that person’s contact information. In addition, if there is a change in the Contact Person, the Contractor must promptly notify the Company of the information regarding the new Contact Person.
  3. All communication between the Contractor and the Company regarding the use of the Service shall be made through the Contact Person.

Article 9 (Inquiries Regarding the Service)

  1. In principle, our company will accept questions about the specifications or operation methods of the Service from the person in charge.
  2. When the Service does not function properly, our company will accept questions or consultations about investigating the cause and circumvention measures from the person in charge.

Article 10 (Copyrights, etc. related to the Service)

  1. The software and content provided by the Company in the Service are copyrighted by the Company or a third party, and unless otherwise specified, the Contractor may not copy, adapt, publicly transmit (including making available for transmission), modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise use the software and content
  2. As part of the Service, the Contractor may be provided with software made by the Company or a third party (collectively, the “Licensor”) that can be used on the computer under the permission of the Licensor. In using each Licensor’s software provided by the Service, the Contractor shall agree to, comply with and be subject to the license terms and conditions set forth below. Please note that the scope of our responsibility for the software is limited to the scope stipulated in the license terms. In addition, for software described as open source software in the service specifications, the Contractor shall use the software only after agreeing to the license conditions presented by our company or the licensor.
    ・Software manufactured by Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (hereinafter referred to as “Microsoft”) End User License Terms for Use of Microsoft Software Products
  3. In the case of the preceding paragraph, the Company may terminate provision of the software due to the termination of the software license by each licensor or the termination of support for the software. In such case, the Company shall notify the Contractor of such termination in advance.
  4. When a Contractor intends to use software that the Contractor has prepared on a computer, the Contractor must obtain permission to use that software on the computer from the person who owns the rights to that software.
  5. Trademarks, logos, service marks, etc. (collectively referred to as “Trademarks, etc.”) may be displayed on the Service, but the Company does not transfer or grant any license to the use of such Trademarks, etc. to the Contractor or other third parties.

Article 11 (Handling of Data)

  1. The Contractor shall save, at its own responsibility, as a backup any Data, etc. that the Contractor has registered and stored in our service environment and that the Contractor deems important.
  2. When this Service Agreement is terminated, the Contractor shall download and obtain, as necessary, the data registered and stored in our service environment at his/her own responsibility and expense. After this Service Agreement is terminated, the Contractor shall not be able to refer to, view, operate, obtain, etc. the data registered and stored in our service environment before the termination.
  3. Pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, taking into consideration the impact of a large-scale natural disaster, war, bankruptcy, etc. that would affect the entirety of Japan, the Company will take the necessary measures to enable Contractors to extract and back up their data by themselves in accordance with the procedures prescribed for each service, in order to preserve the Contractor’s data.
  4. If the Service Agreement is terminated in whole or in part, or if the provision of the Service in whole or in part is terminated, the Company may erase all or part of the Contractor Data related to the Service Agreement or the provision of the Service that has been terminated without the Contractor’s consent.
  5. The Contractor shall not raise any objection to the erasure of the Contractor Data pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and the Company shall not be liable for any damages, etc. suffered by the Contracgtor in connection with the erasure of the Contractor Data pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

Article 12 (Prohibited acts)

The Contractor shall not engage in the following acts when using the Service:
(1) Any acts that infringe or may infringe the intellectual property rights, such as copyrights and trademarks, of the Company or any third party
(2) Any acts that infringe or may infringe the property, privacy or portrait rights of the Company or any third party.
(3) Establishing or soliciting for a pyramid scheme under the Law Concerning the Prevention of Pyramid Schemes (Law No. 101 of 1978)
(4) Sending advertising, promotional, solicitation, etc. e-mails to the Company or a third party without permission, sending e-mails that are offensive or likely to be offensive (harassing e-mails), interfering with the reception of e-mails by the Company or a third party, or requesting the forwarding of chain e-mails and forwarding such e-mails in response to such requests
(5) Repeatedly connecting to a computer owned by a third party, thereby making it difficult to use that computer
(6) Using the Service by impersonating the Company or a third party
(7) Any act that interferes with the use or operation of the Company’s or a third party’s facilities (including acts that destroy the functions of a computer, such as erasing the basic software stored in the Service), or any act that may cause such an interference
(8) Failure to carry out procedures such as notification to supervisory authorities or obtaining licenses and permits when required by law, or other acts that violate the relevant laws
(9) Other matters prohibited in this service

Article 13 (Principle of self-responsibility)

  1. Service usage information for using this service will be issued by our company.
    The Contractor shall manage the handling of service usage information appropriately and strictly. The Company shall not be able to recognize the Contractor’s service usage information, and the Contractor shall be responsible for its use and management. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Contractor as a result of such information being used by a third party. Furthermore, the Contractor shall be responsible for all usage fees incurred as a result of such third party’s use.
  2. If the Contractor causes damage to a third party through reasons attributable to the Contractor in connection with the use of the Service, or if a third party makes a claim, etc. against the Contractor, the Contractor shall handle and resolve the matter at its own responsibility and expense. The same shall apply if the Contractor suffers damage from a third party through the use of the Service, or if a third party makes a claim, etc. against the Contractor.

Article 14 (Ensuring Security)

  1. In order to ensure the safety of the service environment, the Company will implement security protection measures as specified by the Company for the service environment. However, the Company does not guarantee that unauthorized access to the service environment or unauthorized use of the Service will be completely prevented.
  2. The Company shall not bear any responsibility even if the Contractor or a third party suffers damages due to known or unknown security vulnerabilities that exist in software such as basic software running on a computer.

Article 15 (Contractor-specific Information)

  1. The Company will not refer to, browse, or otherwise use any information specific to a Contractor that the Contractor has registered and stored in the Service and for which access control functions are in place without the Contractor’s consent.
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in any of the following cases, the Company may refer to or view (including disclosing to a third party in the cases specified in the respective items) the Contractor’s unique information to a reasonable extent. The Company shall not use the Contractor’s unique information referred to or viewed as a result of any of the following cases for any purpose other than the purpose of reference or viewing pursuant to the provisions of the respective items.
    (1) When a compulsory disposition is made pursuant to Article 218 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or other provisions of the same Act or the Act on Wiretapping for Criminal Investigations, or when a compulsory disposition is made pursuant to a court order or laws and regulations, and when disclosure is made within the scope of the disposition.
    (2) When the requirements for a disclosure request pursuant to Article 4 of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Disclosure of Identification Information of the Caller are met, and when disclosure is made within the scope of the disclosure request.
    (3) When the Company determines it is necessary for the protection of life, body, or property, the Company may use or disclose the information to the extent necessary for such protection.
    (4) When the Company refers to the Contractor’s unique information to the extent necessary for the Company to operate the Service (calculation of usage fees, maintenance of facilities, etc.).

Article 16 (Handling of Confidential Information)

  1. The Contractor and the Company shall use confidential information disclosed by the other party only for the Service and shall not use it for any other purpose.
  2. The Contractor and the Company shall each maintain the confidentiality of any confidential information disclosed by the other party and shall not disclose or leak such information to anyone other than their respective officers and employees who need to know for the purposes of using the Service (and for the purposes of the Company’s operation, development, etc. of the Service). In addition, the Contractor and the Company shall store and manage with the care of a good manager any materials received from the other party for the purpose of disclosing confidential information (including any tangible fixed form of confidential information received via a network, such as e-mail, hereinafter referred to as “Confidential Materials”) and shall not transfer or provide such materials to a third party or allow any person other than the relevant officers or employees to view such materials.
  3. If requested by the other party or if this Service Agreement is terminated, the Contractor and the Company shall promptly return to the other party, or destroy or erase the confidential materials (including copies, if any) to the other party. The confidentiality obligations set forth in this Article shall remain valid even after the confidential materials are returned, destroyed or erased. 4. The Contractor and the Company shall ensure that their officers and employees who become aware of the other party’s confidential information comply with the contents of this Article.
  4. The Contractor and the Company shall ensure that their officers and employees who become aware of the other party’s confidential information comply with the contents of this Article.
  5. The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of this Service Agreement.

Article 17 (Disclaimer of Liability for the Service)

  1. The Company shall not guarantee the completeness, accuracy, reliability, usefulness, etc. of the information and data the Contractor obtains through the Service.
  2. The Company shall not be liable for any damages or losses incurred by the Contractor in connection with delays, suspensions, changes, discontinuances, or abolition of the Service, or the registration or loss or leakage of information or data provided. Furthermore, the Company shall not be liable for any damages or losses incurred in connection with the loss or leakage of information or data registered or provided by the Contractor to a third party when using a service provided by such third party.
  3. Any use of the Services, etc. using the service usage information, etc. given to the Contractor shall be deemed to be the Contractor’s own use, and the Contractor shall bear responsibility therefor regardless of who the actual user is, and the Company shall not bear any responsibility therefor.
  4. The Company shall not bear any responsibility for the condition of communication lines outside the Company’s control or facilities that do not belong to the Company’s facilities.
  5. The Company shall not be liable for any damage or loss incurred by the Contractor due to the action or omission of a third party (including a contractor).
  6. The Company shall not be liable for any damage or loss incurred by the Contractor to a third party, including other Contractors, in connection with the use of the Service, etc.
  7. In addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, the Company shall not be liable for any damage or loss incurred by the Contractor in connection with the use of the Service, etc. or the business conducted using the Service, etc.

Article 18 (Compensation for Damages)

In addition to any other provisions set forth in these Terms, if the Contractor causes damage to the Company through a violation of these Terms or through intentional or negligent acts, the Contractor shall be liable to immediately compensate the Company for all such damages.

Article 19 (Service Fees)

  1. The unit price of the service fee for the Service shall be posted on the service public website.
  2. The amount equivalent to consumption tax and local consumption tax (hereinafter referred to as “Consumption Tax, etc.”) on the usage fee for the Service shall be calculated on the combined usage fee for the entire Service Agreement calculated in accordance with the preceding paragraph. The tax rate used to calculate the amount equivalent to Consumption Tax, etc. shall be the tax rate in effect under tax law at the time of such calculation.
  3. The Contractor may choose either monthly or annual payment as the payment method for the Service. In that case, the following items must be taken into consideration.
    (1) If you wish to change from monthly payments to annual payments, you can do so on My Page.
    (2) Unless you apply to change the contract holder, your contract will be automatically renewed under the same conditions, regardless of whether you choose annual or monthly payments.
    (3) When using annual payment, the Contractor must select a payment method. The selected payment method will be valid until the end of the payment period. If an additional charge for the Service fee occurs due to a change in the selected payment method while using annual payment, the Contractor shall pay the additional charge. If the Service fee decreases due to a change in the selected payment method, the Company will not refund the difference.
    (4) For monthly payments, the initial setup fee and the monthly usage fee (for the following month) are to be paid at the time of signing the contract, and there will be no refund even if the contract is cancelled within one month after signing the contract. For annual payments, the annual usage fee (for one year) is to be paid at the time of signing the contract, and there will be no refund even if the contract is cancelled within one year after signing the contract.
    (5) The contractor shall pay the fees invoiced by the Company, plus consumption tax and other taxes stipulated by law.

Article 20 (Payment of Usage Fees)

The Contractor shall pay the service fee and consumption tax, etc. for this service in monthly or annual installments. After payment is confirmed (credit card payment on the My Page payment management screen), preparation for service provision will begin, and delivery will not be possible unless payment is confirmed. The usage fee for the following month will be settled on the 16th of each month. Regarding invoices and receipts, an email containing a URL for obtaining them will be sent to the registered email address once credit card payment has been completed. Or you can access My Page to check.

Article 21 (Prohibition of Transfer of Rights, etc.)

The Contractor shall not transfer, resell, lend, etc. the rights and obligations under this Service Agreement to a third party.

Article 22 (Prohibition of Resale, etc.)

The Contractor shall not make resale, resell, sublicense, etc. to a third party in a form that directly accesses all or part of the functions of the Service, unless otherwise specified in these Terms or without the prior consent of the Company.

Article 23 (Changes and Cancellations of Services)

  1. For the purpose of improving the Service, etc., the Company may add, change, amend or abolish the content of the Service at its discretion. The details of such additions, changes, amendments, abolitions, etc. will be stated in the service specifications and on the service’s public website. When the Company adds, changes, amends or abolishes the content of the Service, the Company will post the amended content of the Service in the service specifications and on the service’s public website with at least 30 days’ notice. However, this does not apply when adding content or functions to the Service or reducing the price for the same content.
  2. We shall not be liable for any damages caused to the contractor by any measures taken by us pursuant to this Article.

Article 24 (Exclusion of Antisocial Forces, etc.)

The Contractor and the Company represent and warrant that, in entering into this Service Agreement, they, their officers (regardless of the title, such as advisors, consultants, employees who execute business, and other persons who are recognized as effectively participating in management) and employees (persons who have authority over business that has a significant impact on the interests of the business or who act on its behalf) are not and will not be persons listed in the following items (hereinafter referred to as “Antisocial Forces, etc.”), and that they have not and will not have any relationship with Antisocial Forces, etc.
(1) “Organized crime groups, members of organized crime groups, associate members of organized crime groups, companies related to organized crime groups, corporate racketeers, social activists, crime syndicates, etc.” as described in the National Police Agency’s “Outline of Organized Crime Countermeasures” and other similar persons.
(2) Persons who have close personal, capital, or economic ties with the persons described in the previous item, such as those who provide funds or convenience, or use them for the purpose of obtaining illegal profits.

Article 25 (Changes to Terms)

  1. The Company may change, in whole or in part, the contents of these Terms and the terms of use for individual services at the Company’s discretion, within the scope of the law.
  2. When the Company changes these Terms or the terms of use for individual services, the Company shall determine the effective date and shall post the fact that the terms will be changed, the content of the change, and the effective date of the change on the service public website in advance, and shall notify the Contractor. If the Contractor uses the Service after the effective date of the change or does not take the procedure for canceling the service agreement within the above period, the Contractor shall be deemed to have agreed to the change to the terms.
  3. The Company shall not be liable for any compensation or indemnification for damages or other expenses incurred by a Contractor as a result of any change in whole or part of the contents of these Terms or the terms of use for individual services made under this Article.

Article 26 (Handling of Contractor Information)

The handling of the Contractor’s registration details, the Contractor’s service public website, and data transmitted or stored to the Company through the Contractor’s use of the Service, and other information related to the Contractor, shall be governed by the provisions of our separate Privacy Policy (https://soft-rental.com/privacy), and the Contractor agrees that the Company will handle such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Article 27 (Jurisdiction)

  1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
  2. Any litigation related to these Terms and Conditions shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Fukuoka District Court, Iizuka Branch.

Created on June 29, 2025
Effective date: June 30, 2025
applippli Co., Ltd.