Terms of Use

Last updated: 2026-10-11

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of sampaguitanews.com ("the Site"), operated by APOC Co., Ltd., Shirahato Mansion 306, 4-4-3 Itabashi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0004, Japan ("APOC", "we", "us"). By using the Site you agree to these Terms.

1. Use of the Site

The Site is provided for personal, non-commercial information purposes. You may read, link to, and share links to our articles. You may not scrape, reproduce, republish, or redistribute our content in bulk, or use it to train machine-learning models for commercial purposes, without our prior written permission. Automated access for search-engine indexing and AI answer attribution is permitted as described in our robots.txt.

2. Intellectual property

All original articles, summaries, images we create, and the Sampaguita News name and logo are owned by APOC Co., Ltd. or its licensors. Press releases in the Press Releases section remain the property of their respective issuers and are published with permission through APOC Wire. Third-party trademarks belong to their owners.

Short quotations of our articles with a link and attribution to Sampaguita News are permitted for commentary, criticism, and news reporting.

3. AI-assisted content

Some articles are produced with the assistance of artificial-intelligence tools from publicly available headlines and summaries and are reviewed by our editor before publication. Such articles are labeled "AI-assisted". While we take care to ensure accuracy, AI-assisted content may contain errors. Please see our AI Disclosure and Corrections Policy.

4. Third-party content and links

Press releases, quoted statements, and linked websites are the responsibility of their authors. We do not endorse and are not responsible for third-party content or sites.

5. Disclaimer of warranties

The Site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Nothing on the Site constitutes legal, financial, medical, or investment advice.

6. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, APOC Co., Ltd. and its officers, employees, and contractors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the Site. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Site shall not exceed ten thousand Japanese yen (JPY 10,000).

7. Prohibited conduct

You must not: interfere with the Site's operation; attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site or its systems; use the contact form to send unlawful, abusive, or unsolicited commercial messages; or misrepresent your identity.

8. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance. Nothing in this section limits any rights you may have under mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence.

9. Changes

We may revise these Terms at any time by posting the revised version on this page with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance.

10. Contact

APOC Co., Ltd. — support@apocc.co.jp