Website Concept

For the most part, linking to the top page of the Osaka City website (http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/english/) may be done freely. If you link to us,　we would appreciate an email to the Public Information Division, Office of Public Information and Compliance (ab0006@city.osaka.lg.jp) with your URL, website name, administrator name or affiliation, and email address. Please note that we cannot reply to your email.

• If your website is deemed to be either against the law or public order and morality, or damaging to Osaka City or to a third party, or to their credibility, you may be requested to remove the link.
• When linking to us, please state clearly that it is a link to the Osaka City website. Please do not have the link open in a frame.
• The Osaka City website may alter or delete its contents or URL without prior notice.
• Osaka City cannot be held responsible for any problems or damage arising from a link to its website.

• Outbound links from the Osaka City website are to websites deemed not to be against the law or public order and morality, to be fair, of informational benefit, and to complement information about the city. In principle, no link for purposes other than those stated herein will be made.
• Outbound links from the Osaka City website exist for the benefit of users. Osaka City does not guarantee or endorse the content of sites linked to. Websites to which links are made are not under the management of Osaka City. The City cannot be held responsible for their content or any damage incurred by their use.

Any personal information collected, used, or managed by Osaka City about a user (name, address, email address, and any information that can be used to identify the individual) in compliance with the law regarding the protection of personal information and the Osaka City Municipal Ordinance on Personal Information Protection. No personal information will be divulged to any other party.

Photographs, illustrations, sound files, videos, and articles on the Osaka City website are under copyright. The Osaka City website as a whole is under copyright as a compiled copyrighted work and is protected by the Copyright Act. The copyright is held by Osaka City. Some images are under the copyright of their creators. Any reuse or reprinting of contents without permission is prohibited.

We take every possible measure to ensure the accuracy of information on the Osaka City website. However, Osaka City cannot be held responsible for any actions that may be taken by users acting on the information on the Osaka City website. Under no circumstances can Osaka City be held responsible for any damage or loss incurred by the use of the Osaka City website.