Privacy, Disclaimer & Operator Information
Who runs Japan Phone Guide, how your data is handled, and the limits of what this information can be relied on for.
Operator
Japan Phone Guide is a personal information site, created and maintained by one individual (operating under the handle “dasmo”). It is not a company, a mobile carrier, a shop, or an agency, and it is not affiliated with any of them. It does not sell mobile contracts, devices, SIMs or any other product, and takes no commission on sign-ups.
The site is provided free of charge as a personal project. It may display advertising to help cover hosting costs (see below).
Contact
For questions, corrections, or requests about this site, please email:
This is a personal project run in spare time, so a reply may take some days. Please do not send personal identification documents or contract details by email.
Privacy Policy
Information this site handles
This site has no user accounts, login, contact form or comment function, and does not ask you to enter personal information. The only data stored on your device is a small preference (your chosen display language) kept in your browser’s local storage; it never leaves your browser and is not sent to the operator.
Cookies and advertising (Google AdSense)
This site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google LLC. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com). Alternatively, you can opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices. For more detail on how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Where required (for visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), a consent message is shown before non-essential cookies are used.
Analytics
This site may use an analytics tool such as Google Analytics to understand aggregate traffic (pages viewed, approximate region, device type). Such tools may set cookies and process a truncated or anonymised IP address. No attempt is made to identify individual visitors. If Google Analytics is used, you can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
Fonts and other third parties
Page fonts are loaded from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com / fonts.gstatic.com). To deliver the fonts, Google may receive and log the request, including your IP address. The site is hosted on a static-hosting provider, which processes standard server access logs.
External links
This site links to official carrier pages and other external sites. Their privacy practices are their own; this policy does not cover them.
Children
This site is general information and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly collect information from children.
Changes
This policy may be updated. The current version is always the one shown on this page.
Disclaimer
The information on this site is shared in good faith, but it may be incomplete, out of date or wrong. Mobile plans, prices, application methods, support options and fees in Japan change frequently, and the operator cannot guarantee that every detail is current or accurate.
Use of this site is at your own risk. The operator accepts no responsibility and no obligation to compensate for any loss, cost, damage or disadvantage arising from the content of this site, from reliance on it, or from any action taken based on it. Always confirm with the official source, and where necessary a qualified professional, before you make a decision or sign a contract.
Nothing on this site is legal, financial, tax or immigration advice.
Copyright and trademarks
Text and original diagrams on this site are the work of the operator. You may quote short passages with a link back; please do not republish pages wholesale.
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