Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern the use of "TrendRecipe(仮)" (the "Service") provided by 日本人財株式会社 ("we" or "the Company"). Anyone who uses the Service ("you" or "User") is deemed to have agreed to these Terms.

1. Definitions

1. "Service" means the website operated by the Company that collects and classifies recipe posts trending on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, and lets users browse them by region, genre, occasion, and technique.
2. "Post" means third-party content on each platform, and related information (title, thumbnail, statistics, etc.), displayed on the Service.
3. "Content" means Posts displayed through the Service, editorial notes created by the Company, and all other information provided through the Service.

2. Applicability

These Terms apply to all interactions between Users and the Company relating to use of the Service. Any additional guidelines the Company posts on the Service form part of these Terms.

3. Description of the Service

1. The Service collects and displays posts using only the official APIs and official embed features (such as oEmbed) provided by each platform.
2. The Company does not download video or audio, scrape data, or store post images or videos on its own servers.
3. The Company does not warrant the content, accuracy, timeliness, or lawfulness of any Post displayed on the Service.

4. Prohibited conduct

Users must not, in connection with the Service:

1. violate any law or public order and morals;
2. engage in conduct related to a criminal act;
3. infringe the intellectual property, portrait, privacy, reputation, or other rights or interests of the Company, a poster, or any third party;
4. disrupt or interfere with the servers or networks of the Service (including excessive access, unauthorized access, or reverse engineering);
5. reproduce, republish, or otherwise reuse Posts or Content displayed on the Service in a way that infringes the rights of the Company or a poster;
6. interfere with the operation of the Service;
7. advertise, solicit, or conduct business on the Service without the Company's permission;
8. engage in any other conduct the Company deems inappropriate.

5. Intellectual property

1. Intellectual property rights relating to the Service (including its design, software, and Company-created content such as editorial notes) belong to the Company or to parties who have licensed such rights to the Company.
2. Copyright and other rights in Posts displayed on the Service belong to the third-party poster or other rights holder. The Company displays such Posts only to the extent permitted by each platform's official API and official embed features.

6. Takedown requests

A poster or other rights holder who wishes to have their Post removed from the Service may contact us at the address in Section 11, including the URL of the Post in question. We will review the request and respond promptly.

7. Disclaimer

1. The Company makes no express or implied warranty that the Service is free of defects in fact or law, including with respect to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, or security, or that it is free of errors, bugs, or rights infringements.
2. Except where caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence, the Company is not liable for any damage arising from a User's use of the Service.
3. The Company is not liable for any change to, or unavailability of, Posts displayed on the Service resulting from a change in specification, discontinuation, or other action by an external platform (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.).

8. Changes, suspension, and termination of the Service

1. The Company may change the content of the Service, or suspend, interrupt, or terminate it, without prior notice to Users.
2. The Company may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice in cases including: system maintenance or updates; force majeure such as earthquake, fire, power outage, or other natural disaster; a system failure; a change to, or discontinuation of, an external platform's API that makes continued provision difficult; or where the Company otherwise determines suspension or interruption is necessary.
3. The Company is not liable for any disadvantage or damage suffered by a User or third party arising from the suspension, interruption, termination, or change of the Service, or its unavailability.

9. Amendments to these Terms

The Company may amend these Terms by posting notice on the Service or through another reasonable method of prior notice. A User who continues to use the Service after an amendment is deemed to have agreed to the amended Terms.

10. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid under applicable law, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.

11. Contact

12. Governing law and jurisdiction

1. These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan.
2. The Otsu District Court (or the Otsu Summary Court, depending on the amount in dispute) shall have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance for any dispute relating to the Service, except where this designation is invalidated under the Consumer Contract Act or other applicable law.

Established: July 19, 2026
Last revised: July 19, 2026

※ This page is a draft prepared prior to legal review by outside counsel. It may be revised after that review, and nothing on this page should be read as final legal advice.