Privacy Policy

General Incorporated Association KOSO NIPPON (hereafter referred to as ‘KOSO NIPPON’) will handle personal information provided by visitors to our website (hereafter referred to as ‘Personal Information’) in accordance with the following policy.

Compliance with Laws and Regulations
Information and this Privacy Policy regarding the acquisition, use, and other handling of Personal Information. In addition, when Personal Information is provided, if there are provisions on individual pages of the website that differ from this Privacy Policy, such provisions shall take precedence over this Privacy Policy.
Purposes of Use of Personal Information
In addition to the purposes stated on the individual pages of the website, when you provide us with your Personal Information, we will use your Personal Information for sending you a variety of information from KOSO NIPPON. If we intend to use the Personal Information for other purposes, we will make an announcement or notify you individually.
Supervision of Employees and Contractors
KOSO NIPPON will appoint a person responsible for handling Personal Information, and will manage this Personal Information appropriately.
Only executives and employees who are authorized to access Personal Information will handle it.
KOSO Nippon may entrust a third party with the handling of Personal Information to the extent necessary for the purposes of use of such Personal Information. In such cases, we will supervise the third party as necessary and relevant to ensure the appropriate handling of Personal Information.
Disclosure to Third Parties
  1. When we have the consent of the person who has provided us with their Personal Information.
  2. When we need to fulfill the legal obligations that companies and organizations must comply with.
  3. When we receive a request from a government agency, court, or other authority, and determine that disclosure is necessary.
  4. When there is a justifiable reason, such as when it is deemed necessary to protect the life, property, or reputation of KOSO NIPPON, the person who provided the Personal Information, or a third party other than the person in question.
  5. When the information is used in a manner that does not identify the individual who provided it.
  6. When disclosure or provision of the Personal Information to third parties is permitted by law.
Guide to Cookies and Cookie Policy
KOSO NIPPON may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies on its website.
In each case, the collected information does not contain any new Personal Information, but may be used in conjunction with Personal Information that you have already provided to us.
  1. Cookies are a technology that stores information such as website usage history on an individual’s computer.
    Cookies that are stored when you visit our website are mainly used to collect information to make the use of our website and services more convenient and to deliver effective advertisements through third-party ad servers.
  2. Web beacons are JavaScript or small image files or other technologies embedded in websites and HTML e-mails that are used to collect and analyze information on how websites and HTML e-mails are viewed.
    The main purpose of using web beacons is to statistically understand the usage of specific web pages and to use this information to improve our services.
Display of Advertisements by Third-Party Ad Servers
KOSO NIPPON may outsource the distribution of advertisements displayed on various Internet websites to third-party service providers (ad servers).
These third-party ad servers may recognize cookie information that was collected when you visited KOSO NIPPON’s website and may distribute KOSO NIPPON’s advertisements to you. The use of cookies by these third-party ad servers, which are contracted by KOSO NIPPON, does not permit the ad servers to obtain any Personal Information.
Some third-party ad-serving companies may disclose their own means to disable the delivery of advertisements using their own cookies.
Inquiries about Our Privacy Policy
  1. In principle, only the person who has provided the Personal Information may request the disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, or removal (hereafter referred to as ‘disclosure, etc.’) of their Personal Information.
  2. To request disclosure, etc. of Personal Information, please enclose the following document(s) and send them by mail to KOSO NIPPON.
(1) When the person who provided the Personal Information makes the request:
Official identification that includes the person’s name and address (either a copy of the person’s driver’s license, or copies of two the following documents: health insurance card, resident/citizen registration or identification card, passport, pension handbook, or utility bill)
(2) When the request is made by a representative of the person in question
  1. Official identification that includes the person’s name and address (either a copy of the person’s driver’s license, or copies of two of the following documents: health insurance card, resident/citizen registration or identification card, passport, pension handbook, or utility bill)
  2. Official identification that includes the representative’s name and address (either a copy of the representative’s driver’s license, or copies of two of the following documents: health insurance card, resident/citizen registration or identification card, passport, pension handbook, or utility bill)
  3. Authorization letter from the person in question. (If the request is made by a legal representative of a minor or an adult ward, a copy or excerpt of the family register that shows the representative’s relationship with the person or a certificate of residence may be submitted instead of the authorization letter.)
(3) Mailing address: KOSO NIPPON, Espalier Hirakawacho Bldg. 3rd FL, 2-9-2 Hirakawacho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0093 JAPAN
(4) Personal Information that we obtain in connection with a request for disclosure, etc. will be used only to the extent necessary to respond to the request. Please note that the submitted copies of documents will not be returned. After responding to requests for disclosure, etc., we will handle and dispose of the information appropriately.
  1. For inquiries and consultation regarding this Privacy Policy and our use of Personal Information (including how to request disclosure, etc. of Personal Information), please contact us via email : info@kosonippon.org
Ongoing Commitment
KOSO NIPPON will take necessary and appropriate security control measures to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of Personal Information, and will make every effort to improve such measures.
Person responsible for the management of Personal Information
Hideki Kato, President, General Incorporated Association KOSO NIPPON