Site Policy

Please read the site policy below to ensure a smooth user experience on the RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters (below, “R-IH”) website. Please note that the content of this policy may change without prior notice.

Handling of Personal Information

Any personal information collected from users of the R-IH website (below, “this website”) is strictly managed in accordance with the Privacy Policy on the RIKEN website and will not be disclosed, given, or loaned to any third parties without a valid reason. Please note that when submitting an inquiry to R-IH by email, the sender’s email address is displayed to the recipient. However, the sender’s email address is not used for any purpose other than responding to the inquiry.

Collection and Analysis of Access Logs and Use of Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to understand and analyze usage. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect logs without including any personally identifiable information, so no individuals can be identified.

The access logs recorded by this website are used only for statistical analysis of website access trends and visitor numbers, and to diagnose any problems with RIKEN’s servers. The results of the statistical analysis are used only as a reference for future website operations. For more information about Google Analytics, please see the below “Google Analytics Terms of Service” and “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.” If you do not consent to your information being collected by Google Analytics on this website, you can opt out using the “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” function below.

1. Google Analytics Terms of Service
2. Google Privacy & Terms
3. How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services
4. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Web accessibility

Web accessibility means that all people—regardless of physical or mental disability, age, or access environment—can use the information and services offered on a website. It is a the concept way of creating and managing a websites in a way that works to ensures that anyone can access the information equally.
In order tTo ensure that all users can easily acquire access information, we are efforts are being made working to improve the accessibility of RIKEN’s websites including this website based on JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) ＸX8341‐-3:：2016, “Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities, Part 3: Web content,.” which are is based on the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). For more information, please visit click here.

Copyright

Unless otherwise specified, in principle the copyright for all text, photographs, illustrations, videos, etc. published on this website belongs to R-IH. Unauthorized reuse, reproduction, or modification is prohibited.

To request to reproduce any content published on this website, please contact isr_core[at]ml.riken.jp.
*Please replace [at] with @.

Links

The types of links listed below are prohibited when linking to this website. Other types of links are generally permitted, provided that they clearly indicate that they are linking to RIKEN or R-IH.

• Linking that appears to support, recommend, defame, or libel the activities of a specific individual, group, or organization
• Linking for the purpose of violating public order or morals, or in a manner that violates public order and morals
• Linking that creates a false impression of RIKEN’s operations
• Linking that may significantly damage RIKEN’s organizational image or credibility, or that may infringe on the intellectual property, property, privacy, or other rights of a specific individual or organization
• “Frame linking” (linking in a way that makes the content of RIKEN’s website appear to be part of the linked homepage, such as a link that incorporates content within a frame)

Disclaimer

Users of this website use the information obtained from its content at their own risk. RIKEN and its staff assume no responsibility for any direct or indirect damages arising from the use of the information or data contained on this website. Similarly, RIKEN and its staff assume no responsibility for the content of external sites linked to on this website.

Please note that this website may change, delete, or suspend operation of all, or part of the information posted on this website, including the site policy, without prior notice. While changes will be made with the utmost care, RIKEN and its staff assume no responsibility for any damages resulting from such changes.

If changes are made to this site policy as necessary, they will be announced on this website.

Scope of Application

This site policy applies only within the following site:
https://r-ih.riken.jp/