Terms of Service

Effective Date: April 05, 2026
Last Updated: April 05, 2026

1. Agreement to These Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of JapanNewsNow.com (the “Site”), which is operated by ORIGIN AXIOM LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a limited liability company organized in Wyoming, United States.

By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Site.

If you use the Site on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. About the Site

Japan News Now (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a website and blog operated by ORIGIN AXIOM LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company in the United States. Through JapanNewsNow.com (the “Site”), we publish travel content, tourism information, practical information for foreigners in Japan, general informational articles about Japanese visa and immigration rules, and selected Japan-related or international trending stories.

Disclaimer: We are not a law firm, immigration consultancy, licensed real estate brokerage, or government authority. Content relating to visas, immigration, travel, tourism, and real estate is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal, financial, investment, or professional advice.

The Site is operated by ORIGIN AXIOM LLC. Although much of our content focuses on Japan, the Site does not represent that it is operated by a Japanese government body, law firm, licensed real estate brokerage, immigration consultancy, or other regulated professional service provider.

3. Important Informational Disclaimer

The content on the Site is provided for general informational, editorial, and educational purposes only.

Content relating to visas, immigration, government procedures, taxes, labor issues, housing, travel, tourism, or real estate is not legal, financial, tax, immigration, investment, or other professional advice, and should not be relied on as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional or the relevant government authority.

Laws, regulations, procedures, prices, policies, and official guidance may change at any time. You are responsible for verifying current requirements with the relevant authority or qualified adviser before making decisions or taking action.

4. No Professional Relationship

Your use of the Site does not create any attorney-client, consultant-client, fiduciary, brokerage, agency, or advisory relationship between you and us.

We do not represent you before any government authority, immigration office, court, real estate body, or other institution unless we separately and expressly agree in writing to provide a specific service.

5. Eligibility and Acceptable Use

The Site is intended for a general audience. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, you may use the Site only with the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. You agree to use the Site only in compliance with applicable law and these Terms.

You agree not to:

use the Site for unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or misleading purposes;
interfere with or disrupt the Site, servers, security, or networks;
attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site or related systems;
scrape, harvest, crawl, index, data-mine, copy in bulk, or use automated means to extract Site content or data without our prior written permission;
use Site content to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or improve machine learning or AI systems without our prior written permission;
post or transmit content that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, harassing, hateful, deceptive, invasive of privacy, or otherwise unlawful;
impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
use the Site in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or other users’ access.

We may monitor, investigate, remove, restrict, or report conduct where we believe it may violate these Terms or applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to restrict lawful, honest reviews, commentary, criticism, or other protected speech.

6. User Submissions and Comments

If you submit comments, tips, corrections, messages, inquiries, or other content to us, you are responsible for that content.

You represent that you have the necessary rights to submit it and that it does not violate any law or the rights of any third party.

By submitting content to us, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publish, display, adapt, distribute, and store that content for the purpose of operating, moderating, displaying, distributing, improving, and archiving the Site and our related services, subject to our Privacy Policy.

We may, but are not required to, review, moderate, edit, refuse, or remove user-submitted content at our discretion.

7. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Site and its content, including text, graphics, branding, design, layout, compilations, and other original materials, are owned by or licensed to us and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Site for your personal, lawful, non-commercial use.

You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, publicly display, commercially exploit, or create derivative works from Site content without our prior written permission, except as allowed by applicable law.

Reasonable brief quotations with clear attribution and a working link to the original page may be allowed for commentary, criticism, or reference, provided they do not reproduce a substantial portion of the content or misrepresent our work.

8.1. Copyright Notice and Permitted Use

Unless otherwise stated, all content published on JapanNewsNow.com, including articles, text, graphics, logos, original images, page design, and other original material, is owned by or licensed to ORIGIN AXIOM LLC and is protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws.

You may access the Site and its content for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, sell, license, or otherwise exploit Site content without our prior written permission, except as permitted by applicable law, including fair use or other lawful exceptions.

Some content on the Site may be used under license, permission, or other lawful authorization from third parties. All third-party rights remain with their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms transfers any ownership rights in the Site or its content to you.

8.2. Copyright Complaints

Japan News Now respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material published on this Site infringes your copyright, please contact us at LegalJapanNewsNow@inbox.lv with sufficient detail for us to identify:

the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed,
the specific material you believe is infringing and its location on the Site,
your contact information, and
the basis of your claim.

We will review all notices received and take appropriate action where warranted, including the expeditious removal of infringing material or links to infringing material.

9. Force Majeure

We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications failures, cyberattacks, government actions, utility failures, or interruptions of third-party services.

10. Accuracy, Availability, and No Warranty

We strive for accuracy, but we do not guarantee that the Site or any content will always be accurate, complete, current, secure, uninterrupted, or error-free.

Content may become outdated, incomplete, or inaccurate over time. We may change, update, correct, suspend, or remove content or Site features at any time without notice.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Site and all content are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

Nothing in these Terms affects any rights that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable consumer protection law.

11. External Links, Third-Party Services, Advertising, and Affiliate Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, embedded content, advertisements, booking links, affiliate links, sponsorships, paid placements, or third-party tools and services.

We do not control and are not responsible for the content, availability, pricing, policies, security, or practices of third parties. Your dealings with third parties are solely between you and the third party.

We participate in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. This does not impact our editorial independence.

Sponsored, promotional, or advertising content on the Site will be clearly disclosed in accordance with applicable law and platform requirements.

12. Corrections and Editorial Changes

We reserve the right to correct, update, revise, or remove content at any time.

If you believe content on the Site contains a factual error, you may contact us using the contact details below. We may review correction requests, but we are not obligated to change content unless required by law or our editorial judgment.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, ORIGIN AXIOM LLC and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, licensors, and service providers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, data, goodwill, business opportunities, or other intangible losses arising out of or related to your use of, or inability to use, the Site.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the Site or these Terms will not exceed the greater of:
(a) the amount you paid us, if any, to use the Site in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim; or
(b) US$100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

14. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ORIGIN AXIOM LLC and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, licensors, and service providers from and against claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or related to:

your use of the Site;
your violation of these Terms;
your violation of any law or third-party right; or
content you submit to the Site or to us.

15. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to all or part of the Site at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, created risk for us or others, or if suspension is necessary for legal, security, or operational reasons.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including sections on intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, governing law, and dispute resolution.

16. Privacy

Your use of the Site is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal information.

17. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States, without regard to conflict of laws principles.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Wyoming, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable consumer rights or mandatory legal protections that may apply to you under applicable law.

18. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above. Changes become effective when posted, unless otherwise stated.

Your continued use of the Site after updated Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

19. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact:

Operator: ORIGIN AXIOM LLC
Mailing Address: 30 N Gould St, STE R, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
Email: LegalJapanNewsNow@inbox.lv

20. Severability and Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

These Terms may be translated into languages other than English for your convenience. However, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the English version and any translation, the English version shall govern and control.

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site.

21. No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision or any other right.