＋ID TERMS OF USE

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL RULES

Article 1. These Terms

  1. These ＋ID Terms of Use (hereinafter “Terms”) stipulates matters applicable to applicants for and receivers of ＋ID (hereinafter “ID Owners”) issued by Avex Entertainment Inc. (hereinafter “our company”) regarding use of ＋ID.
  2. Users may not use ＋ID without agreement with these Terms.

Article 2. Amendment of the Terms

  1. our company reserves the right to amend the Terms to the extent generally beneficial to users and not conflicting with the purposes of the Terms. In such cases, any amended Terms shall apply to users. Below is a non-exhaustive list of examples of such amendment:
    (1)Addition of new services
  2. When our company is to conduct any amendment as per the previous paragraph, our company will announce the amendment of the Terms, including specific changes and effective date, by means stipulated in “Article 4. Notices.”

Article 3. Definitions

  1. Specific terms used herein are defined as follows:
    (1)“＋ID” refers to an identification code used to use the Services, which is issued by our company to persons who apply for ＋ID (hereinafter “Applicants”) and complete the proceeding designated by our company. ＋ID Owners may use ＋ID to receive the Services.
    (2)“＋ID Credentials” refer to ＋ID and its relevant password and authentication codes.
    (3)“Services” refer to services provided by our company, Avex Group companies, and our company’s third-party contractors for whose authentication ＋ID may be used.
    (4)“Registration Information” refers to information that ID Applicants submit to our company to use ＋ID.
    (5)“Personal Information” refers to individual names, date of birth, and other personally-identifiable information (including any information that can identify a person easily in combination with other information) contained in Registration Information and information obtained by our company from ID Applicants and ID Owners in the course of providing the Services.

Article 4 (Notices)

  1. our company notifies ID Owners of any necessary information by posting on a website related to the Services (hereinafter “Websites”) or any other means that our company deems appropriate.
  2. Where notices made as per the previous paragraph are provided by e-mail or SMS, such notices shall be deemed delivered once our company transmits a message to an e-mail address or SMS number provided by ID Owners as part of Registration Information.
  3. When notices made as per the Paragraph 1 of this Article are provided by posting on the Websites, such notices shall be deemed delivered once notices are posted on the Websites.

CHAPTER 2. ＋ID

Article 5. Services

  1. The Services include services separately designated by our company. Types, contents, use conditions, etc. of each service vary depending on service policies and terms of use stipulated by respective service providers. Use of each service (including any application under the Services) shall be conducted solely at ID Owners own responsibilities.
  2. our company shall be held free from any responsibility for any provision of terms of use of the Services that conflicts with these Terms in relation to ＋ID, unless such Services are provided by our company.
  3. our company reserves the right to add, change, or revoke the Services as appropriate.

Article 6. Application for ＋ID

  1. ID Applicants shall agree to these Terms and apply for issuance of ＋ID by following procedures designated by our company.

Article 7. Acceptance of Application for ＋ID

  1. our company reserves the right not to accept any application for issuance when our company confirms or suspects that:
    (1)＋ID has been issued to the ID Applicant’s phone number;
    (2)ID Applicant does not exist;
    (3)ID Applicant has been rejected for ＋ID issuance;
    (4)Application contents are false, fraudulent, or incomplete;
    (5)our company is unable to contact ID Applicant;
    (6)ID Applicant has committed any prohibited act under these Terms before; or
    (7)Otherwise our company deems it inappropriate to issue ＋ID.

Article 8. Modification of Registration Information

  1. If there is any change in Registration Information, ID Owners shall notify our company of the change without delay by following procedures designated by our company. If the modified Registration Information falls under any of the items listed in the Paragraph 1 of the previous Article, our company may not accept the notice or delete ＋ID of the pertinent ID Owner.

Article 9. Deletion of ＋ID by ID Owners

  1. When an ID Owner desire to delete his/her ＋ID, he/she shall notify our company to that effect by following procedures designated by our company. Deletion of the pertinent ＋ID will be completed after relevant procedures on the side of our company are completed. Please note, however, the ID Owner may no longer be able to use the Services for which ＋ID is a prerequisite for use.
  2. Even when ＋ID is deleted as per the previous paragraph, withdrawal from or termination of the Services will not take place automatically. Withdrawal and/or termination processes shall be separately conducted for the Services. For some of the Services, you may not be able to withdraw from or terminate the services without ＋ID. Be sure to withdraw from or terminate the Services before deleting ＋ID.
  3. This agreement will be terminated forthwith once ＋ID is deleted as per the provisions of this Article.

Article 10. Retention of ＋ID Authentication Status

  1. Some of the Services allow users to use the pertinent Services without re-authentication by retaining ＋ID authentication status after successful login with ＋ID for a certain retention period, as long as the authentication status is valid. The authentication status retention period varies among service websites.
  2. The authentication status retained pursuant to the previous paragraph may be canceled by deleting a relevant cookie from the browser setting.

Article 11. Deletion of ＋ID by our company

  1. our company reserves the right to delete ＋ID without any prior notice if a pertinent ID Owner falls under any of the conditions listed below. Please note the ID Owner may no longer be able to use the Services for which ＋ID is a prerequisite for use.
    (1)The ID Owner has committed any prohibited act under these Terms.
    (2)The ID Owner has not used the Services for longer than two years.
    (3)our company is unable to contact the ID Owner due to, for example, ID Owner’s failure to notify 　　our company of any change in Registration Information.
    (4)After issuance of ＋ID, the ID Owner is found to fall under any of the grounds for rejection 　of application stipulated in Article 7.
    (5)The ID Owner violates any of the provisions set forth herein.
    (6)Otherwise our company deems it appropriate to delete ＋ID.
  2. Even when ＋ID is deleted as per the previous paragraph, withdrawal from or termination of the Services will not take place automatically. Withdrawal and/or termination processes shall be separately conducted for the Services. For some of the Services, you may not be able to withdraw from or terminate the services without ＋ID.
  3. This agreement will be terminated forthwith once ＋ID is deleted as per the provisions of this Article.

Article 12. Information Sharing among the Services

  1. When ＋ID is used for the Services provided by an entity other than our company, our company may share with the providers of such Services the information listed below via the Internet with a prior consent from the ID Owners in order to allow the providers to identify the ID Owners and ＋IDs associated with such uses or to provide the pertinent Services to the ID Owners.
    (1)OpenID and user ID as components of ＋ID
    (2)Registration Information
    (3)Other usage information of the Services
    (4)Other information specified by our company for each of the Services

Article 13. Suspension of the Services

  1. our company reserves the right to suspend all or part of uses of the Services by the ID Owner if a pertinent ID Owner falls under any of the conditions listed below.
    (1)The ID Owner has committed any prohibited act under these Terms.
    (2)our company is unable to contact the ID Owner due to, for example, ID Owner’s failure to notify our company of any change in Registration Information.
    (3)The ID Owner violates any of the provisions set forth herein.
    (4)Otherwise our company or a provider of a relevant Service deems it appropriate to suspend uses.

Article 14. Management of ＋ID Credentials

  1. ID Owners shall use and manage ＋ID Credentials at his/her own responsibilities.
  2. All uses of the Services by ＋ID Credentials of an ID Owner shall be regarded as uses by the pertinent ID Owner.
  3. In the event of any actual or potential loss or theft, etc. of a device with which ＋ID has been used, the pertinent ID Owner shall follow procedures separately designated by our company to disable all or part of ＋ID functions with the device.
  4. our company shall be held free from responsibilities for any inconvenience or damage incurred by an ID Owner due to any use of ＋ID Credentials by other than the ID Owner, unless such inconvenience or damage arises out of any reason attributable to our company.

Article 15. System Suspension

  1. our company and providers of the Services reserve the right to suspend or stop provision of ＋ID and the Services with no prior notice to ID Owners for system maintenance/inspection or any other unexpected circumstances related to operations of the services.
  2. our company may temporarily disable ＋ID when wrong password is entered for a certain number of times. In such cases, the ID Owner shall apply for reactivation of the ＋ID by following procedures separately designated by our company to use the ＋ID again.

CHAPTER 3. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 16. Prohibited Acts

  1. ID Owners shall not commit any of the acts listed below in relation to use of ＋ID:
    (1)To use ＋ID for purposes other than user authentication for the Services and intended purposes of ＋ID.
    (2)To reproduce, distribute, assign, lend, transmit to the public, reverse engineer, or otherwise use all data, information, texts, sounds, videos, illustrations, apps, etc. (hereinafter collectively “Data”) provided through the Services beyond the extent of personal use permitted under the Copyright Act.
    (3)To commit any act that actually or potentially infringes properties (including but not limited to intellectual property rights such as trademark rights and design rights), privacy rights, or portrait rights of a third party.
    (4)To actually or potentially defame, dishonor or discredit a third party.
    (5)To assign, lend, transfer ownership of, pledge, or collateralize the status of an ID Owner and rights granted to the ID Owner by means such as Internet auction.
    (6)To act or prepare for his/her own or any third party’s interest by using ＋ID or the Services (hereinafter “Act for Profit”).
    (7)To commit any pre-election/election campaign, any act of the similar nature, or any act that conflicts with the Public Offices Election Act by using ＋ID or the Services.
    (8)To commit any religious activities such as advertisement of a religion or any act for interest of a religious organization such as institution of, activities for, and enrollment to a religious organization by using ＋ID or the Services.
    (9)To circumvent or disable standard functions of a mobile device incorporated by default to limit user authorities and user privileges to use specific applications, etc.
    (10)To gain membership of the services by using information of others or otherwise impersonate other person.
    (11)To disclose, lend, assign, or sell ＋ID to a third party, pledge ＋ID for interest of a third party, or let a third party to use ＋ID.
    (12)To access the our company’s premise without valid authorization or impose excessive burden on it.
    (13)To otherwise offend laws and regulations or public order and morale, or interfere with operations of the Services.

Article 17. Treatment of Personal Information

  1. Personal information of ID Applicants or ID Owners provided to our company in relation to use of ＋ID shall be jointly handled by our company and Avex Group companies pursuant to Avex Group Privacy Policy to the extent necessary to achieve the following purposes:
    (1)To issue ＋ID.

    (2)To provide the Services.
    (3)To comprehend ID Owners’ login statuses and usages of the Services.
    (4)To improve the Services and develop new services.
    (5)To customize contents of the services for individual users.
    (6)To otherwise use for purposes of providing the services.
    (7)To achieve the purposes stated in Avex Group Privacy Policy.

Article 18. Attribution of Rights

  1. All rights associated with all data, texts, music, sounds, videos, photos, illustrations, information, and dedicated apps, etc. provided through the Services, including but not limited to copyrights, trademark rights, and portrait rights, are attributed to our company or respective third-party rights holders.

Article 19. Waiver

  1. our company shall be held free from any liabilities for damage incurred by ID Applicants and ID Owners in relation to the Services, unless such damage is caused by any reason attributable to our company. However, even when our company is liable for damage, the liability of our company shall be no more than 10,000 JPY, unless the damage arises out of willful or gross negligence of our company.

Article 20. Indemnification

  1. An ID Owner shall compensate our company, Avex Group companies, our company’s business partners, and any third party for any damage arising out of any reason attributable to the ID Owner in relation to his/her use of the Services.

Article 21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

  1. These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of Japan.
  2. Should it be necessary to file a lawsuit against our company in relation to these Terms, ID Applicants or ID Owners hereby shall agree with the exclusive jurisdiction of Tokyo District Court or Tokyo Summary Court for the first trial.
Instituted: March 18, 2019
Revised on October 1, 2019
Revised on July 1, 2020
Revised on September 15, 2023
Revised on April 1, 2025