MET EIKAIWA TUTOR · TERMS OF SERVICE

Clear terms for learning online with MET.

These Terms explain how MET online tutoring, enrollment, payments, scheduling, cancellations, learning materials, technology, and customer rights are handled.

Effective / Last updated: September 11, 2026

MET LEARNING

English You Can Use, Express, and Grow Through.

MET provides personalized live online English tutoring for children, students, and adults, with lessons adjusted to the learner’s age, level, pace, interests, and goals.

Operator
株式会社 Fledge Japan

Service
MET英会話家庭教師 Online / MET Eikaiwa Tutor

HOW THESE TERMS WORK

Simple structure. Clear expectations.

The Terms are organized by topic so families and learners can quickly find the rule that applies to them.

01

Clear enrollment

Course details, fees, schedules, and applicable documents should be disclosed before or at enrollment.

02

Flexible learning

Lesson content and delivery may be adjusted to the learner while keeping the agreed service and legal obligations clear.

03

Consumer rights remain

Mandatory rights under Japanese law—including applicable cooling-off and cancellation rights—take priority over conflicting terms.

IMPORTANT

Your statutory rights come first.

Where Japanese consumer law gives you cooling-off, cancellation, refund, or other mandatory rights, those rights are not removed by these Terms.

ENROLLMENT & PLANS

Starting with MET

1. Scope and Priority of Terms

These Terms apply specifically to MET英会話家庭教師 Online / MET Eikaiwa Tutor and govern live online English lessons, private or small-group online lessons where offered, trial lessons, consultations, assessments, digital materials, and related online-learning services provided by Fledge Japan Co., Ltd.

Face-to-face MET英会話教室 classes and MET-EIS childcare have separate terms. More specific enrollment, fee, course, or legally required documents govern the relevant matter. Mandatory law always takes priority.

2. Eligibility, Enrollment, and Minors

Adult learners may apply for their own services. For a minor, a parent, legal guardian, or other legally authorized person must complete or approve enrollment and is responsible for required permissions, payment obligations, and communications.

Customers must provide accurate information reasonably necessary for placement, scheduling, billing, safety, and administration. A general inquiry or trial request alone does not create a paid enrollment contract.

3. Services and Educational Approach

Online lesson content is personalized according to age, English proficiency, pace, personality, interests, learning needs, and goals. Depending on the selected course, lessons may include listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, conversation, literacy support, storytelling, presentations, projects, examination support, and practical communication.

Course length, frequency, instructor, platform, materials, and learning focus are confirmed through the applicable plan. MET supports progress but does not guarantee a particular score, grade, level, school result, employment result, or fluency timeline.

4. Fees, Billing, and Payment

Current online tuition, enrollment charges, material or textbook costs, payment frequency, due dates, taxes, and other mandatory charges are disclosed on the applicable fee page, enrollment form, invoice, or contract information before the relevant contract is finalized.

Customers must pay disclosed charges by the stated due date using an accepted payment method. MET may reasonably suspend future lessons after appropriate notice when payment remains overdue, subject to the applicable agreement and mandatory law.

5. Monthly Plans, Course Changes, and Renewal

Recurring monthly plans are provided according to the lesson length, frequency, schedule, and learning focus accepted by MET. A request to withdraw from or place a recurring plan on leave should normally be submitted in writing by the 20th day of the month preceding the intended final or leave month, unless the applicable agreement states a different lawful deadline.

Changes to frequency, course type, regular time, or instructor are subject to availability and may change the applicable fee.

LESSONS & PARTICIPATION

Learning week to week

6. Booking, Attendance, and Punctuality

Learners must join the confirmed online lesson on time using the designated meeting link, platform, or account. A late arrival normally receives only the remaining scheduled lesson time because another lesson may follow.

Absence or lateness should be reported through the designated method as early as reasonably possible.

7. Cancellations, Rescheduling, and Make-Up Lessons

Customer cancellation and rescheduling rules are governed by the applicable plan. A make-up lesson may be considered in exceptional circumstances such as illness or emergency when the required notice is provided.

Make-ups are subject to instructor and schedule availability, are not guaranteed, must be completed within the period specified for the relevant absence, and cannot be exchanged for cash. Late cancellations, no-shows, or absence from an agreed make-up may be treated as completed lessons.

8. Cancellation or Rescheduling by MET

MET may substitute an instructor, reschedule a lesson, change the online platform, or cancel a lesson when reasonably necessary because of instructor illness, emergency, severe weather, disaster, communications failure, public-health measures, or another legitimate operational reason.

If MET cannot deliver a paid lesson and cannot provide a reasonable replacement, credit, transfer, or rescheduled lesson, the undelivered amount will be handled under the applicable agreement and mandatory law.

9. Trial Lessons and Promotions

Trial lessons, consultations, placement checks, campaigns, and promotional offers are subject to the conditions displayed or communicated when the offer is made. A trial may differ from a regular lesson in duration, content, instructor, materials, or availability.

A trial does not guarantee future enrollment, a particular instructor, or a particular regular time slot.

LEARNING, MATERIALS & CONDUCT

Using MET services responsibly

10. Examinations, Assessments, and Learning Results

MET may provide general examination preparation, assessment practice, review, strategy instruction, and progress feedback. References to examination names are descriptive only unless an official relationship is expressly stated.

No particular score, pass result, school admission, language level, or certification is guaranteed.

11. Learning Materials and Intellectual Property

Worksheets, lesson plans, slides, exercises, videos, recordings, digital resources, methods, graphics, website content, and other materials created or supplied by MET or its licensors are protected by applicable intellectual-property law.

Learners may use supplied materials for their own learning but may not reproduce, sell, publicly post, share with unauthorized persons, or use them for commercial teaching without permission.

12. Recording, Photos, and Lesson Content

Learners and guardians must not secretly record, photograph, livestream, capture, or distribute an online lesson, instructor, other learner, screen, or communication.

If MET proposes to record a lesson for training, quality, safety, or learning purposes, MET will explain the purpose and obtain any required consent. Public promotional use of an identifiable learner requires separate consent where applicable.

13. Student Conduct and Safety

Learners and customers must treat instructors, staff, and other learners respectfully. Harassment, threats, discriminatory abuse, deliberate disruption, fraud, impersonation, unauthorized recording, unlawful content, or unsafe conduct is prohibited.

MET may give guidance, contact a guardian, restrict participation, adjust an arrangement, suspend access, or terminate a service when reasonably necessary and lawful.

14. Online Accounts, Platforms, and Security

The customer is responsible for a suitable device, stable internet connection, compatible software, camera and microphone where required, and a reasonably quiet and safe learning environment.

Meeting links, passwords, accounts, and access credentials must be kept secure. MET is not responsible for an interruption caused solely by the learner’s device, connection, settings, or environment. A material MET-side failure will be addressed with a reasonable remedy.

15. Suspension and Termination by MET

MET may suspend or terminate an online service where reasonably necessary and lawful, including for material non-payment, repeated serious breach, harassment, threats, fraud, unauthorized sharing of accounts or materials, dangerous or unlawful conduct, or substantial disruption.

Where appropriate, MET will give reasonable notice. Immediate action may be taken when necessary to prevent harm, protect systems, comply with law, or stop serious misuse.

CANCELLATION & CONSUMER RIGHTS

When plans change

16. Cooling-Off, Mid-Term Cancellation, and Statutory Consumer Rights

Language-school contracts, including online language instruction, may qualify as Specified Continuous Services (特定継続的役務提供) under Japan’s Act on Specified Commercial Transactions. Under the current framework, language instruction exceeding two months and total consideration exceeding ¥50,000 may fall within these rules.

Where the rules apply, MET will provide the legally required pre-contract and contract documents, and statutory cooling-off and mid-term cancellation rights apply. This webpage does not replace those legally required documents.

17. Refunds

Refund eligibility depends on the reason for cancellation, services already provided, the applicable plan, charges lawfully incurred, and mandatory Japanese law. MET will not enforce a blanket “no refunds” rule where a refund or other remedy is required by law.

18. Service Interruptions and Force Majeure

Online services may be delayed, interrupted, rescheduled, or temporarily suspended because of earthquakes, severe weather, public-health events, power or communications outages, platform failure, cyber incidents, government instructions, or other circumstances outside reasonable control.

MET will use reasonable efforts to communicate material interruptions and provide an appropriate response.

SERVICE CONTACT

Questions about your enrollment or contract?

Contact MET and identify the service concerned. We can help clarify lesson plans, scheduling, fees, cancellations, or the documents that apply to your enrollment.

株式会社 Fledge Japan
MET英会話家庭教師 Online / MET Eikaiwa Tutor

8-25-2 Kashima-cho
Fuji-shi, Shizuoka 416-0912, Japan

Tel. 0545-30-9927

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