Period of postings available on MIC web pages

• Please be aware that the general guideline for the posting period on the MIC web pages is three years and the period for the specific articles is defined separately as shown in the table below.
  
  

  List of periods of postings on the MIC web pages

  Location	Content	Posting period
  Top page	Important notice	Basically 3 months (the past fiscal year for "Important Notice List" page)
  Top page	Policy topics	Basically 3 months (the past 3 fiscal years for "Other policy topics" page)
  Top page	Photo galleries	The past fiscal year
  Introduction to MIC	Recruiting	The past fiscal year
  Introduction to MIC	Seek for entries	During the period called for
  PR & Press	Press conference, talks	The past 3 fiscal years
  PR & Press	Press release	The past 3 fiscal years
  PR & Press	Bulletin (monthly)	Most recent 12 months
  PR & Press	Brochure	Most recent editions
  PR & Press	Guide to events	The past fiscal year
  Policies	White papers	The past 10 fiscal years
  Organization guide	Council & seminars (Inauguration notice, handouts, minutes abstract, reports)	The past 5 fiscal years
  Laws	Bills submitted to the Diet, new or amended laws	The past 3 fiscal years
  Fiscal budget	Budget, accounting, financial annual reports	The past 3 fiscal years
  Others	Others	The past 3 fiscal years

Searching for pages

• You can find any pages or the out-of-date postings using the following means.

• Using the National Diet Library

  The pages you are looking for may be found in the library.
  Web Archiving Project web pages (Japanese)
  http://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/

• Using the MIC retrieving system

  Vast amount of information is available on the MIC website and you can use the key word search.
  

  
  

Others

• Content in pdf or Flash files

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• Links

  Any website may create a link to the MIC website and there is no need for that notice.
  A banner image is available as shown below when the MIC symbol mark is used for creating a link to the MIC website.
  Please do no use this image to any other purpose than a link to the MIC website.
  (About MIC symbol mark (Japanese))
  

  
  

  Image	Link destination
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• On copyrights

  Individual information (illustration, photos, scripts and other works) on the "MIC site" and this website as a whole are protected by Japanese copyrights-related laws and related international conventions.
  All of or part of content on this website may be cited, reprinted or copied by expressly indicating the source in an appropriate manner, as acts, including the use for private purposes or quotations, permitted within the scope of the Copyright Law.
  However, for a page containing a notice that the page shall not be cited without consent in writing from MIC, or the like, please adhere to the said policy.
  No part of the content on this website shall not be altered and no content shall be uploaded to this website without the consent of MIC.

• Exemption from responsibility

  MIC is making due efforts to carry accurate information on this website. However, MIC assumes no responsibility for how the information on this website is used.

• Others

  Please be aware the content on this website is subject to change or deletion without notice.