Last updated: September 26, 2026
Athletes Gone Global (“AGG,” “we,” “us,” “our”) operates athletesgoneglobal.com and the related services, guides, and communications that link to these terms (together, the “Services”).
These terms are a binding agreement between you and AGG covering your access to and use of the Services. By using the Services you confirm you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree with these terms, you must stop using the Services.
We may update these terms at any time. We will do so by changing the “Last updated” date above, and your continued use of the Services after that date means you accept the revised terms. It is your responsibility to review them periodically.
You can contact us at contact.athletesgoneglobal@gmail.com.
1. OUR SERVICES
AGG is an advisory and introduction service for rugby athletes who want to play in Japan. We provide information, guidance, and introductions to rugby clubs in Japan. We are not an employer, not a recruitment agency acting on behalf of any club, and not a licensed immigration or legal adviser.
Nothing on the Services is legal, immigration, tax, medical, or financial advice. Visa eligibility, contracts, salary, housing, and insurance are ultimately decided between you, the club, your own advisers, and the relevant Japanese authorities.
The Services are not directed at any person in a jurisdiction where offering them would be unlawful or would require us to register locally. If you access the Services from outside Japan, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with your local laws.
2. WHO CAN USE THE SERVICES
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Services or to engage AGG. If you are under 18, you may only engage AGG with the written consent and involvement of a parent or legal guardian, who agrees to be bound by these terms alongside you.
You confirm that all information you give us — playing history, footage, medical background, visa and residency status, and identity documents — is true, complete, and current, and that you will tell us promptly if anything changes. We rely on what you tell us when we approach clubs on your behalf.
3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All content on the Services — including the website, its text, design, photographs, and video, and any written materials we supply to you such as the Japan Housing Guide, the Japan Cultural Guide, templates, checklists, and club research — is owned by or licensed to AGG and is protected by copyright and trade mark law.
Where we supply you with a guide or other written material, you receive a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to read, download, and print it for your own use. You may not copy, republish, resell, distribute, upload, post publicly, translate, or share it with third parties, and you may not use it as the basis for a competing product or service, without our prior written permission.
Any breach of this section is a material breach of these terms and ends your right to use the Services immediately.
4. YOUR SUBMISSIONS
If you send us feedback, questions, comments, ideas, or suggestions about the Services (“Submissions”), you agree we may use them freely and without compensation or acknowledgement to you.
You are responsible for anything you send us. You agree not to send us anything unlawful, false, misleading, defamatory, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, or obscene, and you confirm that anything you send is yours to send, that you hold the rights and permissions needed — including for footage featuring other players — and that it is not confidential.
Footage and profile material you provide may be shared with clubs and coaching staff in Japan for the purpose of introducing you. If you do not want a particular item shared, tell us in writing before you send it.
5. FEES AND PAYMENT
The initial intake call is free and does not commit either of us to anything.
Fees for paid services are quoted and payable in Japanese yen (JPY) unless we agree otherwise in writing. The applicable fee, what it covers, the payment schedule, and the refund position are set out in the Client Service Agreement you sign before any paid work begins. No paid work starts, and no fee is owed, until that agreement is signed.
You are responsible for any bank charges, card fees, or currency conversion costs on your side, and for any withholding or local tax obligations that apply to you. Fees do not include third-party costs such as visa application fees, flights, insurance, medical checks, or accommodation deposits.
6. NO GUARANTEE OF PLACEMENT
Clubs make their own decisions. We cannot and do not guarantee that you will receive a trial, an offer, a contract, a visa, a particular salary, particular housing, or a particular level of play, or that any timeline will be met.
Our obligation is to provide the service described in your Client Service Agreement in a professional and diligent manner. It is not an obligation to produce a specific outcome.
We are not responsible for the acts or omissions of any club, agent, employer, landlord, insurer, immigration authority, or other third party, including any decision to withdraw an offer, change terms, or end a contract.
7. PROHIBITED USE
You agree not to:
- use the Services for any unlawful purpose, or in breach of Japanese law or the law that applies to you;
- give us false, incomplete, or misleading information, including about your medical history, playing eligibility, criminal record, or immigration status;
- misrepresent yourself to a club we introduce you to, or negotiate in bad faith;
- copy, scrape, mirror, reverse engineer, or systematically extract any part of the Services;
- interfere with the security or operation of the website, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of it;
- harass, abuse, or discriminate against any club, staff member, player, or other person you come into contact with through the Services; or
- use the Services or any material we supply to build or operate a competing agency or advisory service.
We may suspend or end your access to the Services, and terminate any agreement with you, if you breach this section.
8. DISCLAIMER
The Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, and your use of them is at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Information about Japan — visa rules, tax, housing costs, transport, insurance, club structures, and league arrangements — changes, and some of it varies by prefecture, club, and individual circumstances. We aim to keep our materials accurate and current, but we do not warrant that they are complete, accurate, or up to date at the time you rely on them, and you should confirm anything that matters with the relevant authority or professional.
Rugby carries an inherent risk of injury. You accept that risk. We are not responsible for injury, illness, or medical expenses arising from playing, training, travel, or living in Japan.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by law, AGG will not be liable to you for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special, or punitive loss, or for lost earnings, lost opportunity, lost contract, or loss of data, arising from your use of the Services.
Our total liability to you for any claim, regardless of how it arises, is limited to the total amount you have actually paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under Japanese law, including liability for intentional misconduct or gross negligence.
10. WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CLUBS WE INTRODUCE
Once we introduce you to a club, you are free — and expected — to deal with that club directly. Negotiating your own contract, visa sponsorship, and terms with them is the normal and intended outcome of our work, and nothing here restricts that.
What you agree not to do is use an introduction we made to avoid a fee you owe under your Client Service Agreement, including by routing the arrangement through another agent, a family member, a company, or a different club contact in order to present it as something that did not come from us. If you sign with a club we introduced you to within the period stated in your Client Service Agreement, the fee set out there is payable regardless of how the final agreement was reached.
You also agree not to pass our club contacts, research, or introductions on to other players or agents without our written permission.
11. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES
These terms, and any dispute arising out of them or out of the Services, are governed by the laws of Japan.
If a dispute arises, both sides agree to first try to resolve it informally by discussing it in writing for at least 30 days from the date one side notifies the other.
If it is not resolved in that period, the dispute will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court, and both sides consent to that court’s jurisdiction.
12. GENERAL
Corrections. The Services may contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions. We may correct these and update information at any time without notice.
Electronic communications. Emailing us, using our contact form, and signing documents electronically are all valid. You agree that electronic records and signatures satisfy any requirement that an agreement or notice be in writing.
Severability. If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, that part is severed and the rest remains in force.
No partnership. Nothing in these terms creates an employment, partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship between you and AGG.
Assignment. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these terms. We may transfer ours, for example if the business is restructured or sold.
Precedence. If you have signed a Client Service Agreement with us, and anything in that agreement conflicts with these terms, the Client Service Agreement governs the conflicting point. These terms continue to apply to everything the Client Service Agreement does not cover.
Entire agreement. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any Client Service Agreement you have signed, form the entire agreement between you and AGG in respect of the Services.
CONTACT
contact.athletesgoneglobal@gmail.com
athletesgoneglobal.com/contact