Legal Notice

Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional) Website Terms of Use

Information made available on the Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional) website (hereinafter referred to as "Content") may be freely used, copied, publicly transmitted, translated or otherwise modified on condition that the user complies with provisions 1) to 6) below. Commercial use of the Content is also permitted. Note also that numerical data and data in Simple tables, graphs, and so forth are not subject to copyright. Accordingly, the Terms of Use does not apply to such data, and said data may be used freely.

Use of the Content constitutes agreement by the user to these terms of use for using the Content described herein (hereinafter referred to as "Terms of Use").

1) Source citation

The user must cite the source when using the Content. Sources should be cited in the following manner:

(Examples of source citation)
Source: Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional) website (URL of relevant page)
(Examples of source citation)
Credit: Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional)
Priority is given to site-specific manners when provided.

If you have edited the Content for use, you must clearly state, in addition to the above-mentioned source citation, that the Content has been edited, but not in any way that the edited information may be misconstrued as having been created by the Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional) (or Government of Japan or its ministries and/or agencies).

(Example of citation when using edited content)
Created by Company YY based on XX [Chart/picture/Content name] (Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional)) (URL of relevant page)

2) No infringement of third-party rights

In some cases, a third party (refers to a party other than the Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional) . Hereinafter referred to as "Third Party") may hold copyrights or other rights to a part of the Content. For Content where a Third Party holds copyrights or other rights (e.g., portrait rights in a photograph, publicity rights, etc.), it is the responsibility of the user to obtain consent for use from the Third Party unless there is an explicit indication that the rights have already been cleared.

If a Third Party holds rights to a part of the Content, said fact may be directly or indirectly stated or indicated through source citations. However, in some cases the part of the Content to which the Third Party holds the rights may not be clear or may not be explicitly stated. It is the responsibility of the user to confirm the rights pertaining to the use of the Content.

Even if a Third Party holds copyrights to the Content, some uses of the Content, such as quoting, may be allowed without the consent of the copyright holder, under the Copyright Act of Japan.

3) Content where the Terms of Use does not apply

  • The Terms of Use herein does not apply to the following Content.
  • Symbol mark, Logo, and Character Design which represent the organization or specific business.
  • Content where other terms of use apply with rational and concrete reasons.

4) Governing law and jurisdiction

  • The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
  • In case of disputes relating to the Terms of Use or the use of the Content based on the Terms of Use, the user agrees that the exclusive court of first instance shall be the district court with jurisdiction in the place where the organization that has published the disputed Content or Terms of Use is located.

5) Disclaimer

The Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional) bears no responsibility whatsoever for any action taken by the user involving the use of the Content (including use of information based on edited Content).

The Content may be modified, moved, or deleted without prior notice.

6) Other

The Terms of Use does not limit those types of uses for which, under the Copyright Act of Japan, a license from the right holders is not required.

The Terms of Use was established on 10 November 2025. The Terms of Use is based on the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0). The Terms of Use may be modified in the future. If you are already using Content under a previous version of the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use, those terms and conditions will continue to apply.

The Terms of Use is compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).

Contact

Japan Greenhouse Gas Center (provisional), Center for Global Environmental Research, Earth System Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Address: 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506 Japan
Email: coming soon