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Individual Membership Rules

Chapter 1. Name and Location

Article 1. Name

The Mori Art Museum (hereinafter called the "Museum") shall mean the museum managed and operated by Mori Building Co., Ltd. (hereinafter called the "Operator"). MAMC, Mori Art Museum Membership Program (hereinafter called "MAMC") shall mean the membership program for the Museum managed by the Operator under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

Article 2. Location

The Museum is located at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 53rd Floor, 10-1, Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Chapter 2. Rules

Article 3. Application of These Rules

The Operator hereby establishes the rules to govern terms and conditions by which an individual member, as defined in Chapter 3 hereof (hereinafter called the "Member"), uses the Museum and the services described in Chapter 5 hereof (hereinafter called the "Services") and other terms and conditions that must be upheld as a Member.

Article 4. Changes to These Rules

The Operator may from time to time make changes to these rules by notifying the Member of such changes in such manner as the Operator deems appropriate. Thereafter, terms and conditions of MAMC, including those of the Services, shall be subject to such changes.

Article 5. Additional Rules

The Operator may from time to time establish rules in addition to these rules and make any changes thereto, which shall constitute an integral part hereof.

Chapter 3. Members

Article 6. Members

As used herein, a Member shall mean an individual eighteen years of age or older who shall have applied for MAMC and shall have been admitted under Article 8 hereof.

Article 7. Types of Members

The types of the Member shall be as follows:

1) "Fellow Member"
A "Fellow Member" shall mean any person who has completed application procedures as described in Article 8 hereof, and paid the annual fee for a Fellow Member as described in Section 1 of Article 8 hereof.

2) "Benefactor Member"
A "Benefactor Member" shall mean any person who has completed application procedures as described in Article 8 hereof, and paid the annual fee for a Benefactor Member as described in Section 1 of Article 8 hereof.

Article 8. Admission

1. Any person who applies for MAMC (hereinafter called the "Applicant") shall apply in accordance with the operating procedure stipulated on the Mori Art Museum Website (URL: http://www.mori.art.museum; hereinafter called the "Operator's Website") and pay by credit card the annual fee as described below (including applicable national consumption tax and local consumption tax (together hereinafter called "consumption tax")).
Fellow Member 22,000 yen
Benefactor Member 44,000 yen
2. In the event the Applicant is or is deemed to be inappropriate for MAMC in the Operator's judgment, the Operator may decline to accept the Applicant or may cancel its approval for admission of the Applicant at any time.
3. The application procedures for admission to MAMC shall be deemed completed when the Operator confirms completion by the Applicant of the required application procedures and its receipt of the annual fee hereunder. At such time, the Operator shall approve admission of the Applicant to MAMC for a period of membership commencing on a date calculated based on Section 1 of Article 9 hereof.
4. Upon completion of application procedures, the Operator shall issue the Applicant a Member's Card under Chapter 4 hereof (hereinafter called the "Member's Card"). The Operator shall aim to issue the Member's Card around one week after completion of application procedures.
5. The annual fee may be subject to change at the Operator's discretion.
6. The annual fee paid to the Operator hereunder will not be refunded to the Member for any reason.

Article 9. Membership Period

The Member's period of membership in MAMC shall commence from the date on which the procedures for application to MAMC are completed (hereinafter called the "Application Procedures Completion Date") and continue for one year (or, if the Application Procedures Completion Date falls in the middle of the month, the membership period shall end on the last date of the month which includes the day on which one year elapses since the Application Procedures Completion Date).

Article 10. Changes to Membership Period

1. The membership period shall be renewed automatically for a period of one year commencing from the date immediately following the end of the current membership period (hereinafter called the "the Expiration Date"), and will continue to be renewed in this way annually, if the Member, having received the membership period renewal notice by E-mail, has subsequently not followed procedures for notifying the Operator that he or she will not renew within the period separately stipulated by the Operator (hereinafter called the "Withdrawal Procedure"). In such cases, the Member shall pay the annual fee for the post-renewal membership period as prescribed in Section 1 of Article 8 hereof by the credit card used for the payment in accordance with section 1 Article 8 hereof on the 10th of the month which includes the Expiration Date (or the next bank business day in cases where the 10th falls on a bank holiday). Furthermore, if a Member conducts the Withdrawal Procedure within aforesaid period, said Member shall withdraw from MAMC upon the expiration of the membership period.
2. The Member may not withdraw from MAMC during the membership period. However, the Member may give notice during the membership period that he or she will not renew the membership. Upon receipt of such notice from the Member, the Operator shall stop E-mailing notifications to the Member pertaining to the Services provided during the membership period or other notifications related to MAMC, if required.

Article 11. Change of Registered Information

If there is any change in the Member's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or any other registered information, the Member shall perform the change according to the procedure designated by the Operator without delay, and the Operator shall not be responsible for any loss, including but not limited to late or undelivered E-mail, postal mail or any other correspondence, incurred by the Member due to his or her failure to perform said change.

Article 12. Suspension and Cancellation of Membership

The Operator may suspend or cancel the Member's membership without notice to him or her in the event of any of the following. In the case of such suspension or cancellation, the Operator shall not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred by such Member or any third party as a result thereof.
1) Any conduct by the Member in violation of good public order, or applicable laws, rules, or regulations;
2) Any defamation, disturbance, or other similar conduct by the Member against other Members or third parties;
3) Any conduct by the Member which interferes with the operation or management of the Museum;
4) Any false statement or representation made by the Member to the Operator;
5) Any case in which it becomes known that the Member is an organized crime group, a member or an associated member of an organized crime group, a group related to an organized crime group, a person related to an organized crime group, a group that encourages or is likely to encourage a member of any such entity (including any group) to commit any unlawful or unjust behavior, or any other anti-social force (including persons related to any organized crime group provided for in Article 2(4) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance for Eliminating Organized Crime Groups (Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance No. 54 of 2011; as amended); each hereinafter called the "Organized Crime Group Etc. "), is controlled by an Organized Crime Group Etc., or has a relationship with an Organized Crime Group Etc.
6) Any default on payment of the annual fee prescribed in Section 1 of Article 10 hereof.
7) Any violation by the Member of any of the provisions hereof;
8) Any other event or conduct which is not appropriate as to the Member in the Operator’s judgment.

Article 13. Prohibition of Assignment

The Member shall not loan or assign his or her MAMC membership or any right or obligation arising therefrom, whether in whole or in part, to any third party, nor shall pledge or create any lien on the same.

Article 14. Privacy of the Member

1. The Operator will treat the Member's personal information as defined in Section 1 of Article 2 of Personal Information Protection Act (hereinafter called the "Member's Personal Information") in accordance with the privacy policy separately established by the Operator. (please see http://www.mori.co.jp/pp/en_privacy.html) (hereinafter called the "Privacy Policy").

2. The Operator may at its discretion change any terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy. In the case that the Operator changes the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy, the Operator will treat the Member’s Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy as changed.

Chapter 4. Member’s Card, Guest's Card, Login ID, and Password

Article 15. Issuance of the Member’s Card and the Guest's Card

Every Member shall receive a Member's Card and the Guest's Card(s) from the Operator. Thereupon, the Member shall sign his or her Member's Card.

Article 16. Presentation of the Member's Card and the Guest's Card

1. When the Member receives the Services, the Member shall carry his or her Member's Card without fail and present it to the Museum's staff upon request. From the completion of the application procedures until the issuance of the Member's Card, the Member may follow the prescribed procedures for having his or her identity confirmed at the Mori Art Museum Information Desk (located at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 3rd Floor) in lieu of presenting a Member's Card.
2. When the Guest's Card holder receives the Services, he or she shall carry his or her Guest's Card without fail and present it to the Museum's staff upon request.

Article 17. Reissuance of the Member's Card and the Guest's Card

1. In the event of loss of the Member's Card, a new Member's Card will be issued in accordance with the Operator's procedures, on the condition that a reissuance fee of 550 yen (which includes any consumption tax) is paid by the Member.

2. The Operator shall not reissue the Guest's Card for any reason whatsoever. In the case of loss of the Guest's Card, the service to which Section 2 of Article 16 hereof is applicable shall not be received.

Article 18. Loan of the Member's Card and the Guest's Card

1. The Member shall not loan or assign his or her Member's Card to any third party, nor shall he or she pledge or create any lien on the Member's Card.

2. The Member shall not assign the Guest's Card to any third party for value, nor shall he or she pledge or create any lien on the Guest's Card.

Article 19. Unauthorized Use of the Member's Card and the Guest's Card

In the case of any unauthorized use of the Member's Card and the Guest's Card by a third party due to theft or any other reason, the Member shall be solely responsible for such unauthorized use.

Article 20. Return of the Member’s Card and the Guest's Card

The Member shall return to the Operator his or her Member's Card and the Guest's Card or cut through and dispose of it on his or her own responsibility immediately after his or her loss of MAMC membership for any reason hereunder.

Article 21. Login ID and Password

1. A Member shall be responsible for good management of the login ID and password he or she acquires during Admission.

2. A Member may not allow any third party to use his or her login ID and/or password in any way whatsoever, including but not limited to, assignment, loan, name change, or the creation of a lien.

3. The Operator shall not be responsible for compensation for damages or losses due to misuse of the login ID and/or password or use thereof by any third party.

Chapter 5. The Services

Article 22. Provision of the Services

The Operator shall provide the Member with free admission to exhibitions at the Museum as well as any services separately prescribed by the Operator, based on the Member's membership type

Article 23. Change of the Services

The Operator may change any part of the Services after posting notice of said change of the Services on the Operator's Website with one month's notice to the Member.

Article 24. Interruption of the Services and Termination of MAMC

1. The Operator may temporarily interrupt any of the Services without notice to the Member in the event of any of the following:
1) Any urgent work required by the Operator for maintenance of the Museum or MAMC;
2) Any loss or damage suffered by the Museum or the Operator due to any reason, whether Force Majeure or not; or
3) Any urgent circumstances similar to any of the above.

2. The Operator may terminate the operation of MAMC at any time with one month's notice to the Member.

Chapter 6. Miscellaneous

Article 25. Copyright and Other Rights

The Operator shall have the copyright and all other rights in any and all contents contained in the Operator's Website, member magazines, E-mail newsletters, and any other materials.

Article 26. No Responsibility

1. The Operator shall not be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by the Member due to any changes to these rules or the Services for any reason, and shall not be obligated to indemnify the Member for any such loss or damage.

2. In the event that the Member suffers any loss due to the interruption or termination of the Services for any reason attributable to the Operator, the amount of compensation to be paid by the Operator shall in no event exceed the amount of the annual fee payable by such Member for that year.

Article 27. Damage Claim

The Member shall be liable for any damages suffered by the Operator due to any violation of these rules or any unfair or unlawful conduct of the Member.

Article 28. Notices

Any notice given to the Member by e-mail, telephone, facsimile, or any other method based on the contact information contained in the Member's application shall be deemed effective upon dispatch thereof.

Article 29. Language

These rules have been prepared in the Japanese language. Any translation into English or any other language shall be for reference purposes and convenience only, and the original Japanese version will govern the interpretation of these rules.

Article 30. Exclusive Jurisdiction

The parties agree that Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Member and the Operator.

Article 31. Governing Law

These rules shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of Japan.

Effective Date

1. These rules shall be effective as of November 1, 2008.

2. These rules have been partially-changed on June 1, 2011.

3. These rules have been partially-changed on April 1, 2015.

Special Provisions regarding MAMC GIFT

Article 1. General Provisions

1. These special provisions (hereinafter called “these Special Provisions”) are supplementary to the MAMC Membership Program Individual Membership Rules (hereinafter called the “Individual Membership Rules”) set forth by Mori Building Co., Ltd. (hereinafter called the “Operator”), and apply to individuals (hereinafter called “Individual MAMC GIFT Member”) joining the MAMC, Mori Art Museum Membership Program using a certificate (product name “MAMC GIFT,” hereinafter called “MAMC GIFT”) issued by the Operator.
2. The Individual MAMC GIFT Member shall agree to these Special Provisions in addition to the Individual Membership Rules. Furthermore, when an applicant as specified in Section 1 of Article 8 of the Individual Membership Rules who possesses a MAMC GIFT (hereinafter called “MAMC GIFT Applicant”) performs membership registration as specified in Section 1 of Article 2 hereof, the Operator shall deem said MAMC GIFT Applicant to have agreed to these Special Provisions.
3. Matters provided for in these Special Provisions shall take precedence over those in the Individual Membership Rules. The Individual Membership Rules shall apply regarding matters that are not provided for in these Special Provisions.
4. Unless otherwise specified, terms defined in the Individual Membership Rules shall have the same meanings in these Special Provisions.

Article 2. Admission

1. The MAMC GIFT Applicant shall perform membership registration within the period stipulated by Section 5 in accordance with the operating procedure stipulated on the Operator’s website (URL: http://www.mori.art.museum). Furthermore, the MAMC GIFT Applicant shall be allowed to perform membership registration only for the membership type (Fellow Member or Benefactor Member) written on the MAMC GIFT in his or her possession.

2. In the event that any of the following applies with regard to membership registration by a MAMC GIFT Applicant, the Operator may decline to accept said membership registration or may cancel it, even if membership registration has already been completed.
1) Any damage, soiling or the like of the membership registration ID written on the MAMC GIFT that renders it unreadable;
2) Any falsification, forgery, or alteration of the MAMC GIFT;
3) Any acquisition of the MAMC GIFT through illicit means;
4) Any instance in which, in the Operator’s judgment, unauthorized use of the MAMC GIFT has occurred, other than 2) and 3) above;
5) Any judgment by the Operator deeming the MAMC GIFT Applicant or the Individual MAMC GIFT Member to be inappropriate for the Member;
6) Any application for admission made during a period of interruption of the Services as described in Section 1 of Article 24 of the Individual Membership Rules or during termination of operations as described in Section 2 of the same.

3. The application procedures for admission to MAMC shall be deemed completed when the Operator confirms completion by the MAMC GIFT Applicant of the required registration procedures. At such time, the Operator shall approve admission of the MAMC GIFT Applicant to MAMC for a period of membership commencing on a date calculated based on Section 1 of Article 9 of the Individual Membership Rules.

4. Upon completion of membership registration procedures, the Operator shall issue the MAMC GIFT Applicant a Member’s Card under Chapter 4 of the Individual Membership Rules. The Operator shall aim to issue the Member’s Card around one week after completion of membership registration procedures.

5. A MAMC GIFT Applicant may perform membership registration as specified in Item 1 hereof during the period leading up to and including the membership registration deadline written on the MAMC GIFT in his or her possession, which shall be six months after issuance of the MAMC GIFT.

Article 3. Changes to Membership Period

1. The first time the Individual MAMC GIFT Member wishes to renew his or her membership period, he or she, having received the membership period renewal notice by E-mail, shall subsequently pay by credit card the annual fee for the post-renewal membership period (one year commencing from the date immediately following the end of the current membership period) as described in the following table (including Consumption Tax) on the Operator's website according to procedures stipulated by the Operator by the Expiration Date, and the membership period of the Individual MAMC GIFT Member shall be renewed for a period of one year when the Operator has confirmed receipt of said annual fee. Subsequent renewals shall be made in accordance with the provisions in Article 10 of the Individual Membership Rules. Furthermore, if the end of the membership period is reached without the Individual MAMC GIFT Member renewing it, such Individual MAMC GIFT Member shall be deemed to have withdrawn from MAMC on the expiration date.

Type of Member Annual Fee
Fellow Member 22,000 yen
Benefactor Member 44,000 yen

2. The Individual MAMC GIFT Member may not withdraw from MAMC during the membership period. However, the Individual MAMC GIFT Member may give notice during the membership period that he or she will not renew the membership. Upon receipt of such notice from the Individual MAMC GIFT Member, the Operator shall not issue the Individual MAMC GIFT Member the notice as prescribed in Section 1 hereof or Section 1 of Article 10 of the Individual Membership Rules. Furthermore, if requested, the Operator shall stop E-mailing notifications to the Individual MAMC GIFT Member pertaining to the Services provided during the membership period or other notifications related to MAMC.

Article 4. Reissuance of the MAMC GIFT

The Operator shall not reissue the MAMC GIFT for any reason whatsoever.

Article 5. MAMC GIFT Refunds and Redemption

The Operator shall not provide a refund or redemption in cash for the MAMC GIFT for any reason whatsoever.

Article 6. Unauthorized Use of the MAMC GIFT

1. The MAMC GIFT Applicant and the Individual MAMC GIFT Member shall be responsible for the care and custody of the MAMC GIFT and the membership registration ID written thereon.

2. In the case of any unauthorized use of the MAMC GIFT or membership registration ID by a third party due to theft or any other reason, the MAMC GIFT Applicant and the Individual MAMC GIFT Member shall be solely responsible for such unauthorized use.

Effective Date

1. These Special Provisions shall be effective as of April 1, 2009.

2. These Special Provisions have been partially-changed on April 1, 2015.