Scope of Use
Unless otherwise stated, all materials, including texts, drawings, images, voice data, and video data, published on the Site (the "Materials") and the copyrights therein are the property of JAXA, and the Materials are protected in Japan and internationally by copyright laws and international copyright treaties. When you use the Materials, you are requested to comply with the conditions stipulated by JAXA.
It is to be noted that, under copyright laws, you may use the Materials without obtaining permission of the copyright holder (JAXA) to the extent that your use is for the purpose of press (media) activity/scientific research/educational activity/ and/or private use (for example, printing out the Materials and/or storing the same on a hard disc for the purpose of use in the course of lessons in a school or other educational institutions established for nonprofit-making or for the purpose of personal use, family use or other similar uses within a limited circle).
When you use the Materials for the purposes as mentioned above, you are requested to comply with the conditions of use set forth in the paragraph (2) below pursuant to copyright laws.
However, please note that you may not use the Materials about individuals including astronauts, without the prior permission of JAXA for each of the Materials, in order to protect publicity rights and rights of portraits of individuals.
The JAXA logo is a registered trademark in Japan and other countries. It is not available for the general public to use unless prior permission is received from the trademark holder (JAXA).
Your use of the Materials for business or commercial purposes without the prior permission of the copyright holder (JAXA) is strictly prohibited. If you wish to use the Materials for such business or commercial purposes, please be sure to contact us for prior permission at:

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You are strictly prohibited to use the Materials published on the Site for any of the following acts for any reason whatsoever:

• Acts of supporting and/or promoting, or slandering and/or defaming the activity of a specific person/group/organization;
• Acts which are conducted for the purpose of or in a manner offending public order and morals;
• Acts which are likely to cause misunderstanding about JAXA's operations and/or Japanese aerospace research and development activities; or
• Acts which are likely to damage JAXA's image and/or reputation, or to infringe upon the rights of a specific person and/or organization (Please be aware that these acts also include an act of pretending or misleading people into believing that a certain achievement published on the Site (including academic theses) is your achievement you.)

Conditions of Use
(Indication of Source)
When you use the Materials on the Site, you are requested to indicate their source in such a manner as designated by JAXA, for example, "Provided by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)" or "Courtesy of JAXA". If space is limited, shorter versions of the indication such as "Provided by JAXA" or "JAXA" are acceptable.

Some of the Materials may be owned and provided by an other organization or jointly owned by an other organization and JAXA. As long as the source of the Materials is specified on The Site, you are requested to indicate the said source (i.e. "Provided by NASA" or "Provided by NASA/JAXA")

(Modification of Data)
No modification is allowed to any of the Materials, except for a modification needed for indicating their source. The act of "modification" includes, but not limited to, acts of trimming a drawing, image, voice data or video data (for example, an act of changing the ratio of height and length of an image, cropping part of an image, or mounting an image inside another image that seriously undermines the original image etc.), changing colors, and turning over an image.

(JAXA Digital Archives)
When you wish to utilize any materials, including texts, drawings, images, voice data and video data, saved in the JAXA Digital Archives, please refer to "Copyright Information" in the Digital Archives before you use the same.

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Basically, you are free to create links to the Site as long as any link to the Site is clearly identified as being a link to the Site on your site. JAXA, however, does not allow any of the following links:

• A link which seems to support and/or promote, or slander and/or defame the activity of a specific person/group/organization;
• A link which is created for the purpose of offending or in a manner to offend public order and morals;
• A link which is likely to cause misunderstanding about JAXA's operations and/or Japanese aerospace research and development activities;
• A link which is likely to damage JAXA's image and/or reputation, or to infringe on the rights of a specific person and/or organization; or
• A link by which the contents of the Site look like part of a linking website of a third party (the so-called "Framing"; for example, a link is created in a manner that incorporates the content of the Site into the frame on the linking website.)

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Public Affairs Department
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
3rd Floor, Marunouchi-Kitaguchi Building
1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8260 Japan
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The Scope of the Use of Collected Information
JAXA stores, uses, and analyzes collected information/data of the Users with which an individual may be identified in the scope of JAXA activities. Among the information/data, JAXA can use those which an individual can be identified with by abiding by the appropriate clauses of this Private Policy.

Disclosure of Collected Information/Data
JAXA does not disclose collected information/data of the Users, especially those which an individual can be identified with to any third parties intentionally except for the following three cases.

• When disclosure is requested based on legitimate reasons or explanations
• When JAXA acquires the prior consent from an individual concerning the disclosure of his/her information/data to a third party.
• When JAXA discloses information/data of a User to a person who is in charge of providing requested data or materials to that User within the scope for the person in charge to perform his/her responsibility

JAXA takes all possible and rational measures to avoid accidental leakage of the collected information/data to third parties.

Security
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Access Log
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Amendment of the Privacy Policy
JAXA can change the contents of the Privacy Policy if necessity without any prior notice. When the Privacy Policy is amended, that will be announced on the Website. As the Users access the Website first time after JAXA making a change on the Privacy Policy, the Users are considered to agree to the amended Privacy Policy.