【Drone/UAS Information Platform System】
Terms of Service

Article 1 : Purpose

The purpose of these terms is to prescribe the necessary matters for the use of the services of the DIPS.

Article 2 : Definitions

In these terms, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

  1. “This system”
    System to share information necessary for the securing of safety between an aircraft and a UA and between UAs, as well as for procedures under the supervision of MLIT which include procedures related to registration of a UA, UA certification, UA model certification, registration of a registration inspection institution, UA operator competence certification, registration of a registration training institution, an application for permission, etc. of a flight of a UA, report of an accident, etc. of a UA, for the reception processing of the procedure for notification of a flight plan.
  2. “Application”
    Application for registration of a UA set forth in Chapter 11, Section 1, an application for UA certification, etc. set forth in Section 2, Subsection 1, an application for registration of a registration inspection institution set forth in Section 2, Subsection 2, an application for UA operator competence certification set forth in Section 3, Subsection 1, an application for registration of a registration training institution set forth in Section 3, Subsection 3, an application for permission for a flight in flight-prohibited airspace set forth in Article 132-85, an application for approval for a flight by a flight method not set forth in Article 132-86, a notification of a flight plan set forth in Article 132-88, a report set forth in Article 132-90, paragraph 2, and a report set forth in Article 132-91, of the Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No.231 of 1952) and the notification on this agreement shall be treated in the same way.
  3. “Report of an accident, etc. of a UA”
    Report or provision of information of death or injury caused by a UA, damage of a property owned by a third party, loss of a UA, or collision or contact with an aircraft to MLIT
  4. “System provider”
    Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  5. “Applicant”
    A person who performs the application procedure by using this system
  6. “Applicant ID”
    ID granted to the applicant for the use of this system (“login ID” used at the time of an application in this system)
  7. “Password”
    A code registered by the applicant when using this system
  8. “Application reception number”
    A number assigned when this system receives an application through the procedures performed in this system
  9. “Payment number, etc.”
    A receiving agency number, a payment number, a payment type, and a confirmation number assigned to a user by this system to identify the payment information in the use of electronic payment of the fee, etc.
  10. “API functions”
    Functions to enable procedures related to applications, etc. in an applicant’s system by sending a request regarding an application procedure, etc. to this system through Internet, etc. from the applicant’s system
  11. “Receiving agency systems”
    The electronic payment system of government charges for payments of government charges, etc. managed and operated by the Ministry of Finance, the communication servers for payments of fees and the registration license tax managed and operated by MLIT, and the system for payments by credit cards provided by a private receiving agency
  12. “Related external institution systems”
    The Drone/UAS Information Platform System coordinated with this system, receiving agency systems, public personal identification services, the gBizID service, the multi-payment network, and online identity verification services.

Article 3 : Application

1. These terms shall apply to the system provider and applicants.

2. The system provider may revise these terms without prior notice, and the revised terms shall apply to the use of this system on and after the enforcement date of the revised terms. The system provider shall announce revisions of these terms through this system.

Article 4 : Compliance with these terms

1. Applicants shall carefully read and agree to these terms before using this system.

2. Applicants shall be deemed to have agreed to these terms when starting to use this system.

Article 5 : Responsibilities of applicants

1. Applicants shall, at their own responsibilities and judgments, use this system and manage the following information generated in relation to the use of this system and telegrams generated in communication (including electromagnetic records) and shall not put the blame on the system provider.

  1. Applicant ID
  2. Password
  3. Application reception number
  4. Information registered in this system by an applicant
  5. Information displayed on the system
  6. Information sent and received in the use of the API functions
  7. Payment number, etc.
  8. E-mail received in the use of this system
  9. Other information generated in relation to the use of this system

2. Applicants shall confirm the processing status of the application procedures they performed on the application status confirmation page of this system as needed

3. The system provider shall not be liable for any damage suffered by applicants or third parties caused by applicants’ negligence of confirmation of the processing statuses of application procedures they performed.

Article 6 : Entrustment of an application, etc.

1. If any third party is entrusted with the procedure of an application, etc. using this system, the person who will perform it using this system upon the entrustment shall be deemed to be entrusted with the authority for its applicable procedure.

2. If a system user change or end the agency relationship with a third party, such system user shall perform the necessary operations on this system without delay.

3. If a delay of any of the operations mentioned in the preceding paragraph causes damage on the system user or any third party, the system provider shall not be liable for it.

Article 7 : Contact from this system

1. This system shall send the following notifications by e-mail to the registered e-mail address. The sender of e-mails sent from this system shall be “information@dips.mlit.go.jp” or “information@dips-reg.mlit.go.jp.”

  1. Notification of issuance of a provisional password for applicant information
  2. Password initialization notification
  3. Application completion notification
  4. Arrival confirmation notification to an owner, etc.
  5. Correction instruction notification and correction request notification
  6. Notification on payments of fees and the registration license tax
  7. Procedure completion notification
  8. Application result notification and screening end notification
  9. Registration certificate issuance notification
  10. Notifications regarding agent registration and ownership transfer
  11. Update deadline notification
  12. Application drop completion notification
  13. Application cancellation notification
  14. Remind arrival confirmation notification
  15. Remind canceling application notification

2. The transmission of e-mails may be delayed depending on the conditions of the use of this system.

3. The system provider shall not be liable for the inability to receive e-mails due to reasons attributable to the environment of the applicant such as settings of e-mail filters, etc. and the communication environment.

4. If an applicant shares the e-mail address registered to this system with any third party, the third party may open e-mails sent from this system, which may cause damage on the applicant or other third parties, but the system provider shall not be liable for such damage.

5. The following notification from the system has been sent by text message to the phone number that was registered. The source of the text message is "DIPS-REG."

  1. Login ID notification
  2. Password initialization notification
  3. Arrival confirmation notification
  4. Application completed notification
  5. Remind arrival confirmation notification
  6. Remind canceling application notification

6. Depending on the status of system use, the sending of text messages may be delayed.

7. If a text message cannot be received because of reasons such as an SMS blocking function in the applicant's use environment, or a device was set that is incompatible with SMS, and the communication environment or the like, the system provider accepts no responsibility.

8. If the applicant shares the telephone number registered in the system with a third party, the third party will be able to open the text message sent by the system. The system provider will bear no responsibility for any damage suffered by the applicant or other third parties as a result.

Article 8 : Intellectual property rights for this system

1. The copyrights and author's moral rights of all programs and other works in relation to this system (including these terms and the instruction manuals of this system. hereinafter the same) and the intellectual property rights of the know-how, etc. included in them shall belong to the system provider or the third parties who own such intellectual property rights.

2. Applicants shall handle all programs and other works provided by this system as in the following items when using this system.

  1. Do not use them for the other purposes of using this system regardless of these terms.
  2. Do not replicate, alter, edit, or distribute any of them and do not perform reverse engineering, etc. for them.
  3. Do not lend or transfer to a third party or pledge any of them no matter whether you will do so for a profit or not.
  4. Do not delete or change any copyright notice or trademark notice displayed by the system provider or any person specified by the system provider.

Article 9 : Available time of this system, etc.

1. In principle, the available time of this system shall be 24 hours a day, every day.

2. The system provider may temporary suspend, terminate or discontinued all or part of the system in the case of the below items with prior notice on the website of any related agencies or this system provider in advance. However, in an emergency, the system provider may temporary do them without prior notice.

  1. In the case of a planning maintenance for any equipment of this system.
  2. In the case of stopping a service by telecommunication corporation.
  3. In the case of any emergency due to occurrence of natural disasters, incident, other unavoidable circumstances and system failures against operating this system.
  4. In the case of being unavailable to operate this system due to the regulations and legislative measures.
  5. In the case that the system provider decides to need a suspending, terminating or discontinuing for this system.

Article 10 : Prohibited matters and usage restrictions

1. Applicants shall be prohibited to perform any of the following activities when using this system.

  1. Use or attempt to use this system for any purpose inconsistent with these terms.
  2. Illegally access this system.
  3. Intentionally hinder management and operations of this system.
  4. Intentionally send a file infected with virus to this system.
  5. Make a false application.
  6. Perform activities which violate or may violate laws, regulations, or public policy.
  7. Perform any other activities which hinder or may hinder the operation of this system.

2. If any applicant performs or is judged to be likely to perform any of the activities shown in the items of the preceding paragraph, the system provider may suspend or restrict the use of this system for the applicant without prior notice.

Article 11 : Electronic payments of fees and the registration license tax

1. Users who will electronically pay fees and the registration license tax shall agree to the matters shown in the following items.

  1. Electronically pay fees and the registration license tax in compliance with the provisions of laws and regulations, etc. using the payment number, etc. notified by this system to users who will electronically pay fees and the registration license tax.
  2. For electronic payments of fees and the registration license tax, restrictions may be imposed on the electronic payment methods, available financial institutions, available period of time, issuance of receipts, and payable amounts.
  3. Electronic payments may be unavailable due to planned or incidental suspension of this system or related external institution systems due to a natural disaster, etc., restrictions on the use of the payment number, etc. (usage restriction of the payment number, etc. for a certain period of time for prevention of unauthorized use by third parties), and failures of communication lines, etc.

2. Users shall bear the fees necessary for withdrawal of the deposits specified by the financial institutions and the costs necessary for the other procedures with the financial institutions, etc. for the use of electronic payments of fees and the registration license tax.

Article 12 : Equipment, etc.

1. Applicants shall prepare all necessary equipment to use this system (including those related to software and communication methods) at their own expenses. In so doing, they shall perform the necessary procedures under their own responsibilities.

2. Applicants shall bear the necessary communication costs for the use of this system and the other costs for the use of this system.

Article 13 : System warranty, etc.

1. The system provider shall not be liable for any damage suffered to system users or third parties due to the use or unavailability of this system.

2. The system provider shall not be liable for any damage suffered to system users or third parties due to the suspension, interruption, or restriction of the use of this system, a failure of the communication line, etc.

3. The system provider shall not be liable for any damage caused by malware infection, etc. during the use of this system.

Article 14 : Change and termination of this system.

The system provider may change the provided contents of this system without prior notice or terminate the provision. In this case, the system provider shall announce the change in the provided description or the termination of the provision of this system through this system.

Article 15 : Handling of personal information.

The system provider shall handle the personal information of applicants in this system in compliance with the “Privacy Policy” separately specified by the system provider.

Article 16 : Usage restrictions in the case of emergencies or over-intensive use of this system.

1. The system provider may suspend or restrict the use of this system without prior notice to applicant in case of an emergency including natural disasters and incidents, significant failures of this system, or any other unavoidable reasons.

2. The system provider may restrict the use of this system without prior notice to applicants in case that the use of this system becomes over-intensive.

Article 17 : Announcement of important information regarding safety.

1. MLIT may send notifications of the following information by e-mail to the registered e-mail address. The sender of e-mails sent from JCAB, MLIT shall be “information@dips-reg.mlit.go.jp,” “information@dips.mlit.go.jp,” or “hqt-jcab.mujin@mlit.go.jp.”

  1. Amendment of the circular notice of the registration for unmanned aircraft.
  2. Amendment of the circular notice of the test flight notification.
  3. Amendment of the circular notice of the compartment area notification for non-remote ID.
  4. Amendment of the circular notice of the flight notification by management organization of the airport for unmanned aircraft.
  5. Revision of the review procedure of permission and approval for a flight of an UA.
  6. Revision or abolition of the JCAB Standard Manual.
  7. Other important information which may affect the safety of flights of aircrafts or the safety of people or properties on the ground or on the water in flights of unmanned aircrafts.

2. The system provider shall not be liable for the inability to receive e-mails due to reasons attributable to the environment of the applicant such as settings of e-mail filters, etc. and the communication environment.

Article 18 : Governing laws and jurisdiction.

1. These terms shall be subject to the Japanese law.

2. In the event of discrepancy between the English version and the Japanese version of the Terms in this Terms of Service, the Japanese-language version shall prevail.

3. All lawsuits between the system provider and applicants associated with the user of this system shall be resolved by the Tokyo District Court as the agreed exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance.

Supplementary clause (September 5, 2022)

These terms shall be enforced on September 5, 2022.

Supplementary clause (November 7, 2022)

These terms shall be enforced on November 7, 2022.

Supplementary clause (December 5, 2022)

These terms shall be enforced on December 5, 2022.

Supplementary clause (March 28, 2023)

These terms shall be enforced on March 28, 2023.

Supplementary clause (November 27, 2023)

These terms shall be enforced on November 27, 2023.

Supplementary clause (March 31, 2025)

These terms shall be enforced on March 31, 2025.

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