Cookie Policy

1. What Cookies Are

A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device through your browser when you visit a website. Cookies can record information about your use of a website, such as the date and time of your visit, the pages viewed, and your settings.

Cookies and similar technologies may be used to maintain website functions, improve user experience, analyze usage, and measure or optimize advertising. A cookie does not ordinarily contain your name, postal address, or telephone number. However, cookie or device information may identify or relate to an individual when combined with other information. Where that information constitutes personal information or personally referable information under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (the APPI), we handle it in accordance with applicable law and our Privacy Policy.

In this Policy, cookies includes similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, software development kits, and local storage.

2. Why We Use Cookies

We use or may use cookies for the following purposes:

(1)operating and maintaining essential website functions;

(2)remembering language, region, display, and other preferences;

(3)analyzing website usage and improving the website and our services;

(4)operating inquiry, booking, assessment, and other forms;

(5)maintaining security and preventing unauthorized access;

(6)personalizing content where appropriate;

(7)measuring and improving marketing performance;

(8)optimizing advertising where applicable; and

(9)providing social-media links or features.

3. Categories of Cookies

Depending on the purpose and nature of the cookie, the cookies used on our website fall into the following four categories.

(1)Strictly necessary cookies — These support functions that are essential to providing the website, such as form submission, keeping you signed in, and security. Because the website cannot be provided without them, these cookies cannot be disabled through our cookie-consent interface. You can, however, refuse or delete cookies generally through your browser settings (see Section 5).

(2)Functional cookies — These remember your settings and preferences so that the website is easier to use, such as language and display options.

(3)Analytics cookies — These help us understand how the website is used and improve our services. They collect statistical data such as visitor numbers, pages viewed, time on page, and referral source.

(4)Marketing cookies — These are used to measure marketing performance and to optimize advertising where applicable. They are mainly set by third-party tools.

4. Third-Party Services Used on Our Website

The third-party services used on our website are set out below. Whether a particular service sets or reads cookies depends on the configuration and feature in use. For current details, please also consult each provider's own privacy information.

(1)Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC, United States)

(2)Google Tag Manager (Google LLC, United States)

(3)HubSpot (HubSpot, Inc., United States)

(4)Calendly (Calendly, LLC, United States)

(5)Typeform (Typeform S.L., Spain)

(6)Tally (Tally BV, Belgium)

(7)Webflow (Webflow, Inc., United States)

(8)LinkedIn Insight Tag (LinkedIn Corporation, United States)

5. Managing and Disabling Cookies

You can refuse to accept cookies, or delete cookies, by changing your browser settings. How you do this depends on the browser you use.

(1)Browser settings:
You can refuse or delete cookies from your browser's settings screen. The names and locations of these settings may change when a browser is updated, so please consult the current help information for your browser.
(For reference: Google Chrome “Settings > Privacy and security” / Safari “Settings > Privacy” / Microsoft Edge “Settings > Cookies and site permissions” / Firefox “Settings > Privacy & Security”)

(2)Effect of disabling cookies:
If you disable cookies, some website functions — submitting the inquiry form, booking, or personalized content, for example — may not work correctly or may become unavailable.

(3)Managing cookies through our consent interface: We provide a cookie-settings interface on this website. Through it you may accept, refuse, or change your settings for cookies other than strictly necessary cookies, by category, and you may withdraw a consent previously given.

(4)Opting out with individual providers: Certain analytics and advertising services offer their own opt-out mechanisms, which stop that service from using cookies. For the method in each case, please see the provider privacy policies listed in Section 4.

6. Consent and Compliance with Applicable Law

We provide a mechanism on our website for obtaining consent to, and changing settings for, cookies other than strictly necessary cookies. Through that mechanism you may change or withdraw your consent at any time. Where applicable law requires prior notice, consent, or a means of managing or withdrawing consent in connection with cookies, we take the measures required under that law.

In practice, we do the following.

(1)Displaying a cookie banner and obtaining consent:
Where applicable, a banner requesting consent to the use of cookies is displayed on your first visit to our website. You may accept or refuse cookies other than strictly necessary cookies, by category.

(2)Withdrawing consent:
You may withdraw a consent previously given at any time. To do so, use the cookie-settings interface, or contact us using the details at the end of this Policy.

7. Personally Referable Information

Where information collected through cookies does not identify an individual by itself, but it is expected that a third-party recipient will receive it as personal data, we handle it as personally referable information under Article 31 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

In such cases, we provide the information only after confirming that the recipient has obtained the necessary consent. For further detail, please see Section 6 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties) and Section 11 (Use of Cloud Services and Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Information) of our Privacy Policy.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may amend this Policy in response to changes in law, in our business, in the cookies and services we use, or in the wider environment.

An amended Policy takes effect when posted on our website. Where a change is material, we will give notice on the website by an appropriate method.

Where a change requires your consent under applicable law, we will obtain that consent and complete any other necessary procedure by an appropriate separate method.

9. Relationship to Other Policies

This Policy supplements our Privacy Policy. For fuller detail on how we handle personal information collected through cookies, on your rights, and on how to contact us, please read our Privacy Policy as well.

Our policy on the AI tools we use in our work, and the extent of their involvement, is published on our AI Transparency page. Reading the Cookie, Privacy, and AI policies together gives you the full picture of how we manage information. Our Terms of Service govern use of our website.

10. Contact

For questions concerning this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

If you would prefer to speak by telephone, please contact us first by email or through the inquiry form. We will arrange a return call where appropriate.

Japan Consulting Inc.

Additional Rules

This Cookie Policy takes effect on May 20, 2026.
This Cookie Policy was amended on July 31, 2026, and the amended Policy takes effect on the same date.

Established: May 20, 2026

Last updated: July 31, 2026