UPLIFTING MINDS SERIES
Grand Prize Sweepstakes
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Grand Prize Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is a Sweepstakes conducted in association with your participation in the UPLIFTING MINDS SERIES provided by/sponsored by ASICS Corporation (“ASICS”) .
DURATION
The Sweepstakes will run from November 26, 2021 00:00 Japan time to December 6 2021, 23:59 Japan time.
ENTRY
The Sweepstakes is open to all individuals (excluding Directors, officers, management, employees, other staff and the immediate family and household members of those individuals of ASICS, ASICS offices in the participant countries, sales force, agencies involved in the development of this Promotion, affiliated companies and other persons involved in the Promotion) who are residents of Japan, Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Denmark, at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in such individual’s country of residence, whichever is older, who completed any Global Challenge or Local Challenge (each, a “Challenge”) from the UPLIFTING MINDS SERIES prior to the end of the Sweepstakes Period (defined below) .
You can enter the Sweepstakes every time you complete a Challenge during the Sweepstakes Period up to a maximum of three (3) total entries per entrant. Restrictions may apply to the number of entries you can make.
PRIZES
GRAND PRIZE: Five (5) Grand Prize Winners will be selected randomly by ASICS employees via software from all valid entries and once verified, will be awarded guaranteed entry to the Tokyo Marathon 2021 for two persons (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) JPY 50,000/€ 376.00 EU / total for 2 entries) as well as an amount to be used towards travel expenses to be provided as a lump sum of JPY 100,000/approximately € 750.00 EU each for Grand Prize Winner and guest to be awarded specifically and totally in the form of Vanilla VISA Gift Card(Prepaid Visa Card) for JPY 200,000 /approximately € 1,500.00 EU (Please see Terms of Use (here) for use of Vanilla VISA Gift Card in currencies other than Japanese Yen). ARV of the Grand Prize is JPY 250,000/ € 1,876.00 EU. Grand Prize Winner will be issued a Vanilla Visa Gift Card and will not receive further financial or other assistance in planning or executing the travel, accommodations or other Grand Prize components. All other expenses related to the Grand Prize and associated travel are not included as part of the Grand Prize, and are solely Grand Prize Winner’s responsibility, including, but not limited to: all air and ground transportation, hotel and hotel taxes, all food and beverages and room service, travel insurance, excursions, parking fees, laundry service, merchandise, souvenirs, telephone calls, tips, gratuities and service charges. If the cost of the travel, accommodations and other Grand Prize components is more than the value of the Vanilla Visa Gift Card, Grand Prize Winner is solely responsible for the difference in cost. Grand Prize Winner and guest are solely responsible for and must possess all required travel and identification documents as required by airport, airline and other applicable authorities, and must comply with any applicable hotel requirements. Vanilla Visa Gift Card will be shipped, as determined by ASICS to an address provided by Grand Prize Winners. Terms and conditions apply to the use of Vanilla Visa Gift Card (here for more details).
Grand Prize will be awarded provided it is validly claimed by December 20, 2021 23:59 Japan time after which no alternate winner(s) will be selected, nor unclaimed Grand Prize awarded. Grand Prize Winner and guest will each be required to enter the Tokyo Marathon2021 through its website by January 6, 2022 23:59 (Japan time) as instructed by ASICS in order to secure his/her entry to the Tokyo Marathon 2021. In the event the Grand Prize Winner and/or guest engages in behavior that, as determined by ASICS in its sole discretion, is obnoxious or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, ASICS reserves the right to terminate the entry to the Tokyo Marathon 2021 or other applicable experience early, in whole or in part, and send the Grand Prize Winner and/or guest home with no further compensation. The Grand Prize restrictions/conditions stated herein are not all-inclusive and the Grand Prize described above may be subject to additional restrictions/conditions. ASICS shall have no responsibility or liability for cancellations, delays or any other change experienced by Grand Prize Winner in redeeming any element of the Grand Prize, and are not responsible or liable for any expenses incurred as a consequence thereof. Guest must be eighteen (18) years or older. All elements of the Grand Prize must be redeemed at the same time, and no changes will be permitted after confirmation of any redemption. If Grand Prize Winner elects to partake in any or all portions of the Grand Prize without a guest, the Grand Prize will be awarded to Grand Prize Winner and any remainder of the Grand Prize will be forfeited and shall not be subject to further or alternative compensation. Grand Prize Winner will not receive compensation for any unused portion of the Grand Prize.
The Tokyo Marathon 2021 is currently scheduled to take place on March 6, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. Nothing herein shall be construed to require the Sweepstakes sponsors or any of them to hold the Tokyo Marathon 2021 as scheduled. In the event that the Tokyo Marathon 2021 does not or cannot take place as scheduled or at all, for reasons including but not limited to scheduling conflicts, cancellations, postponement, an event of force majeure or for any other reason, then ASICS’s prize obligation to the Grand Prize Winner shall be nullified and no other or additional compensation shall be awarded. ASICS is also not responsible if Grand Prize Winner and guest are not allowed in Japan for whatever reason, including restrictions to travelers for COVID-19 reasons.
ADDITIONAL PRIZES: After five Grand Prize Winners has been randomly selected by ASICS employees via software, ten (10) additional Prize Winners will be randomly via software selected from all remaining valid entries and once verified will each be awarded one (1) pair of GEL-KAYANO 28 shoe (ARV JPY 17,600/€ 180 EU). ASICS reserves the right to change the model of ASICS shoe awarded as a Prize at its sole discretion. Prizes will be awarded provided they are validly claimed by December 20, 2021 after which no alternate winner(s) will be selected nor unclaimed Prize awarded. Prize will be messengered or shipped, as determined by Sponsor to an address provided by Winner.
Total ARV of all combined Prizes to be awarded in this Sweepstakes to all Winners is a maximum of JPY 426,000/€ 3,676.00 EU(to be divided among all the different Winners) depending upon final Grand Prize selection).
Any expenses not specifically mentioned herein are not included as part of the Prize, and are solely each Winner’s responsibility. All taxes or fees on the Prize, if any, are the sole responsibility of each Winner. Each Winner bears all risk of loss or damage to Prize after it released to Winner or after it is placed by Sponsor with a third-party common carrier for shipment to Winner. Prize will not be replaced if lost or stolen and is not redeemable for cash, unless required by law. No substitution allowed, except at ASICS’ sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted.
General Terms and Conditions
- The Sweepstakes is administered by ASICS Corporation with its offices at 7-1-1, Minatojima-Nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Tokyo 650-8555, Japan (“ASICS”).
- The Sweepstakes period runs from November 26, 2021 0:00 Japan time to December 6, 2021 23:59 Japan time (the “Sweepstakes Period”). Entries, including alternative methods of entry, must be received during the Sweepstakes Period to be validly included in the Sweepstakes.
- Participants must be at least 18 years old or the age of majority in such individual’s state or country of residence (please see the list of countries above), whichever is older, at the time of Challenge completion.
- If entering the Sweepstakes via the Challenge, Participants must complete a Challenge in the UPLIFTING MINDS SERIES. Challenge participation is free. Once the Challenge is completed, entry to the sweepstake is automatic. No purchase is necessary to enter or win this Sweepstakes.
- To enter the Sweepstakes via the Challenge, the Challenge must be completed during the Sweepstakes Period. Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received before the end of the Sweepstakes Period.
- ASICS or its ASICS regional entity will contact the Winner within one (1) week starting on the day after the Sweepstakes Period is over and no later than December 13, 2021 23:59 (Japan time), about the prize draw, via the email address provided for the Challenge entry and ask to provide a valid mailing address for the sole purpose of delivering the Prize. The Winner will need to confirm the acceptance of the Prize and provide the mailing address, in writing, via email, to the initial contact within seven (7) calendar days to confirm the acceptance of the Prize. In the event that ASICS cannot for any reason get in contact with the Winner or the Winner does not confirm its acceptance, in writing, via email, to the initial communications within seven (7) calendar days, ASICS reserves the right to select another Winner by means of same winner selection process.
- Any entry not complying with these Sweepstakes Rules is invalid. ASICS explicitly reserves the right to refuse or remove a submission of a Participant, at its sole discretion, in the event ASICS determines the Participant does not comply with all Sweepstakes Rules herein.
- In ASICS’ sole discretion, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: (1) a potential Winner’s failure to respond to notification promptly upon receipt; (2) a potential Winner’s failure to provide ASICS with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency; and (3) any other non-compliance with the Sweepstakes Rules.
- In case the Winner rejects the Prize after the acceptance, he or she shall bear any administrative costs incurred by ASICS and the cancellation fees / change of name fees. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no cash or any other alternative.
- No cash redemptions or Prize substitutions allowed. The Prizes, or any unused portion thereof, cannot be returned, are non-transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash.
- If for any reason any aspect of the Sweepstakes Event is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, telephone network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any cause beyond the control of ASICS, ASICS reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, or invalidate any affected entries, subject to the approval of the relevant authorities of Japan, if required.
- ASICS reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or operation of ASICS or to be acting in violation of these Sweepstakes Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or entering or attempting to enter the Sweepstakes multiple times through the use of multiple e-mail addresses or the use of any robotic or automated devices to submit entries.
- ASICS’ decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential Winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes and are not open for discussion with ASICS.
- ASICS (including its group companies, their officers, directors, employees and agents) shall not be liable (including for negligence) for any personal injury or any loss or damage otherwise arising out of or in connection, directly or indirectly, with this Sweepstakes, the Prize(s) or technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under ASICS’s control).
- The organizers of the Tokyo Marathon 2021 may decide to cancel or re-schedule such events respectively in the event of a force majeure event or other circumstances beyond reasonable control of the organizers. In no event shall ASICS be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, lost profits, incurred or arising out of cancelation or any change from the decision by organizers of the Tokyo Marathon 2021.
- Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, by participating in the Sweepstakes, all participants agree to release and hold harmless ASICS, its affiliates, each of ASICS's officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in this Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize, including from any part of the travel or any other cause(s) beyond ASICS’ reasonable control.
- ASICS will not respond to any inquiries regarding individual’s Sweepstakes’ status or result. In case of any other inquiries or complaints about the Sweepstakes, please send an email to asics.promotion@asics.com.
- ASICS reserves the right to modify these Sweepstakes Rules at any time without prior notice for the sole purpose of ensuring the good execution of the Sweepstakes, with no detrimental effect on the participants.
- These Sweepstakes Rules shall be governed by and be interpreted in accordance with the laws of Japan and any disputes arising out of the Sweepstakes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the District Court of Tokyo, Japan.
PRIVACY NOTICE
ASICS respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. ASICS processes your privacy information in accordance with the applicable privacy legislation and ASICS Privacy Policy.
What personal information do we collect for the Sweepstakes?
ASICS collects your personal information for the purpose of running the Sweepstakes. Personal information ASICS collects from you who entered the Sweepstakes includes your name, your gender, your address, your telephone number and your email address.
For more information on how ASICS handles your personal information, please kindly be referred to ASICS Privacy Policy.