1. General Provisions
This policy establishes matters related to the operation of the following Social Network Service accounts (hereinafter referred to as "Government PR Official SNS") operated by the Public Relations Office, Minister's Secretariat of the Cabinet Office (hereinafter referred to as the "Government PR Office").
(1) X
Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Online X （@gov_online）
https://twitter.com/gov_online
(2) Facebook
Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Online Facebook（@gov.online）
https://www.facebook.com/gov.online
Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Advertising Delivery Exclusive Facebook（@gov.online.ad）
https://www.facebook.com/gov.online.ad
(3) Instagram
Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Instagram（@gov_online）
https://www.instagram.com/gov_online/
Highlighting Japan（@highlightingjapan）
https://www.instagram.com/highlightingjapan/
2. Basic Policy
The Government PR Office conducts public relations activities through various media channels to promote information on important government policies and the initiatives of each ministry and agency. The Government PR Official SNS will specifically highlight themes closely related to citizens' lives, delivering easy-to-understand content using illustrations, photos, and videos.
3. Operational Methods
（1）Content Posting
A. Information related to articles on the Government Public Relations website (website managed and operated by the Government PR Office), including video and image content.
B. Information related to promotional content produced by the Government PR Office.
C. Other information deemed important in government public relations activities.
(2) Following Other Accounts
In principle, we will not "follow," "like," or "repost" accounts other than those of countries, government agencies, local governments, or highly public organizations.
4. Disclaimer
- The Government PR Office takes every possible care to ensure the accuracy of information posted on Government PR Official SNS. The Government PR Office is not responsible for any actions taken by users based on the information from these SNS.
- The Government PR Office is not responsible for disputes or damages among users related to Government PR Official SNS or disputes and damages between users and third parties related to Government PR Official SNS.
- Copyrights related to comments and posts belong to the users who made the posts but by making a post, users grant the Government PR Office the right to use the posted content globally, free of charge and non-exclusively, and agree not to exercise copyrights against the Government PR Office.
- Additionally, the Government PR Office assumes no responsibility for any damages related to Government PR Official SNS.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
- Intellectual property rights, including photos, illustrations, audio, video, articles, etc., posted on Government PR Official SNS, belong to the Government PR Office or those with valid rights.
- Functions such as "like," "follow," and "repost" provided by social media for Government PR Official SNS content can be freely used.
- When reusing content for purposes other than those provided by social media functions, reproduction with attribution(source) is possible. However, this does not apply if there is a note such as "reproduction without permission is prohibited."
(Example of citation)
- Source: Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Online X（https://twitter.com/gov_online）
- Source: Cabinet Office Government Public Relations Instagram （https://www.instagram.com/gov_online/）
6. Important Points
This operational policy may be changed without prior notice. Also, in the operation of Government PR Official SNS accounts, comments or similar items judged to be unrelated to the posted content or falling under the following categories may be partially or entirely hidden, deleted, or rejected without notice. Please note that individual responses will not be provided for comments, etc.
- Comments that violate a law, ordinance, or regulations or with the potential to do so
- Comments that violate public order and morals
- Comments that promote criminal acts
- Comments that slander or defame a particular individual, company, group, or other entity, or damage another entity’s reputation or trustworthiness, etc
- Comments infringing on the intellectual property rights of the Cabinet Office or third parties, such as copyrights, trademarks, and portrait rights
- Comments disclosing or violating privacy by identifying personal information without consent
- Comments intended for advertising, promotion, solicitation, business activities, or other profit-oriented purposes
- Comments intended for political or religious activities
- Comments containing false or significantly inaccurate information
- Comments discriminating against, or promote discrimination based on race, ideology, creed, etc.
- Comments impersonating other users, third parties, etc.
- Modification of part or all of the content disseminated by the Government PR Office
- Comments unrelated to the content disseminated by the Government PR Office
- Comments with the same or similar contents that are posted repeatedly by the same user
- Other information or links that the Government PR Office deems inappropriate
7. Governing Law and Agreement on Jurisdiction
(1) This Operational Policy shall be interpreted pursuant to the laws of Japan.
(2) All disputes (including mediation procedures of the courts) related to the use of content under this Operational Policy and all disputes related to this Operational Policy will be exclusively resolved by the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the organization that has made the content or published this Operational Policy.
