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Editorial terms · Hoops Kansai Kansai

Terms of Service

These terms set out the conditions for using this website. By accessing the site, a visitor accepts them. The site is an editorial publication about amateur and regional sport, and it does not offer goods or services for sale.

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Below are the conditions that govern reading, quoting and linking to this site. Each clause is written for a reader: we set out what the page is for, what we ask of visitors, and what we are and are not responsible for. If anything is unclear, the editorial desk is reachable by the details listed to the side.

Purpose of the site

This website publishes editorial content about amateur basketball and regional sport, including league structures, fixture information and historical background. It does not sell products, tickets or memberships, and it does not process payments. Nothing on the site should be read as an offer to enter a commercial agreement.

The writing here covers local grassroots basketball across Japan, the regional sports leagues that keep local competition running through a season, and the school and street game that feeds players up into organised clubs. Coverage is editorial: a grassroots sports review of how a league actually operates, what its fixtures look like week to week, and how a club or association handles the ordinary business of a season. We publish nothing for sale on this site, and no part of it is a marketplace.

Acceptable use

Visitors may read, quote and link to the site's content for personal, educational or journalistic purposes, with attribution. Automated scraping that places unreasonable load on the site's infrastructure is not permitted. Attempts to gain unauthorised access to the site or its underlying systems are prohibited.

  • Reading, sharing and citing fixtures, league reviews and history pieces is welcome. Please keep the byline or a link to the original page when you do.
  • Educational use by coaches, students and league administrators is encouraged — the material is written to be read, not held back.
  • Bulk automated collection of pages, or any request pattern that degrades the site for regular readers, is not acceptable.
  • Attempts to probe, bypass or interfere with the systems that run the site are prohibited and will be blocked.
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Clause C

Accuracy of information

Content is prepared with care, but amateur league and fixture information changes frequently. Fixture details published here are a guide and may be superseded by postings from the relevant league or association, which remain authoritative. Visitors should confirm match details with the administering body before travelling.

Weather, venue changes and late withdrawals are ordinary parts of a grassroots season, so a listing that was correct on Monday can be out of date by Saturday. Where we learn of a change we will update the relevant page, and corrections sent to the editorial desk are checked against the league or venue before they are applied.

Intellectual property

Text published on this site is the property of the site operator unless otherwise indicated. Short quotations with clear attribution are permitted. Republishing substantial portions of an article elsewhere requires written permission from the editorial desk.

Allowed

Short quotations in commentary, a link back to the article, and reuse in classroom or coaching material that credits the piece.

Needs permission

Republishing most or all of an article, reposting our photographs, or repackaging our monthly league summaries under another name.

User submissions

Messages sent to the editorial desk, including fixture tips and corrections, may be used to verify and update published content. Submitting a message does not create any obligation on the operator to publish, respond or act. Personal data handling for submissions is described in the privacy policy.

If you send us a fixture tip, the most useful detail is the name of the competition or league, the teams involved, the date you believe is correct, and where that information came from. We check against the administering body before publishing a change.

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Limitation of liability

The site is provided on an as-is basis. The operator does not accept liability for losses arising from reliance on published fixture information, from interruptions to site availability, or from the content of external sites. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated to reflect changes in the site or in applicable requirements. The version published on this page is the current one, and continued use of the site after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

This copy of the terms is the version in force as of .

The terms in one line

This site is an editorial publication about amateur and regional sport. Read it, cite it, and check the league's own postings before you travel.

Everything else below and above is the long version of that sentence, written so a reader can hold us to it.

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Clause I · Contact the desk

Questions about these terms?

Questions about these terms, a correction to a fixture listing, or a request to reuse an article should be sent to the editorial desk through the contact page. The desk answers Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM JST, and aims to reply to corrections first.

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