Uniweb begins providing to KANRO CO., LTD. which contributes to people's healthy life through sugar-based business.

2026/01/07

Kiva Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kota Nojiri; hereinafter "Kiva") is pleased to announce that the web accessibility tool "Uniweb" has been implemented on the corporate website of Kanro Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tetsuya Murata; hereinafter "Kanro").

 

◾️ UniWeb introduction site

Kanro Corporate Website:https://www.kanro.co.jp

A UniWeb icon has been placed at the bottom left side of the page.

Kanro Corporate Website

Clicking on the icon brings up the accessibility menu, which includes a partial reader that reads text out loud and screen contrast switching at the touch of a button.

Kanro Corporate Website

 

◾️What is Web Accessibility?

It means that "people with physical or mental functional limitations, such as the elderly or people with disabilities, can access and use information provided on the Web regardless of their age or physical condition." This is not a special accommodation only for people with disabilities or the elderly; anyone can be in the same situation as a person with disabilities.

• Temporary injury or illness (e.g., car accident with arm in cast and unable to use arm, eye disease with eye patch and blindness, etc.)
• Age-related vision loss (presbyopia, lens changes (yellowish, dark, blurred vision, etc.))
• Eye diseases common in middle-aged and older adults (cataracts, glaucoma, etc.)
  *About half of the patients in their late 70s have cataracts with yellowing changes.
• Age-related hearing loss
• Foreign travelers (if a foreigner who does not understand Japanese is struck by an earthquake while traveling, can he/she obtain evacuation information, etc.)

Reference: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Accessibility of Websites, etc. Required of Public Organizations
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000543284.pdf

 

◾️About UniWeb

UniWeb provides web accessibility features "on the day of deployment" by simply adding a single line of code to all web services.

In order to achieve equal website services for all, we want to put users in various situations, such as those with visual impairments or those who temporarily lose the use of their hands due to injury, in a position to understand correct information through various uses such as voice reading and contrast changes.

 

◾️About Canlo

Since its establishment in 1912, the company has grown by continuing to create products loved by consumers, such as "Kanro Candy," which became the company name, "Healthy Throat Candy," the first throat candy in the confectionery food industry, "Golden Milk," the top-selling brand in the milk-flavor candy market*1, and "Pure Gummy," the pioneer of gummy candies for adults and the top-selling brand*2.
In February 2025, we formulated our "Medium-Term Management Plan 2030" and set forth our new "Kanro Vision 2.0," which is based on our corporate mission, "Sweeten the Future: Bringing smiles to people and society by continuously creating sweet moments," and four values: "Create sweet moments," "Transform our business foundation," "Weave into the future," and "Further evolve our organization through emergence.
We will achieve further growth mainly in the domestic gummy business, expand our business domain and business model for sustainable growth, and contribute to a sustainable future for people and society by enhancing our corporate value while helping to solve social issues through our business.

※1 INTAGE SRI+ Milk Flavor Candy Market: Cumulative Sales Value Brand Ranking, April 2024–March 2025
※2 INTAGE SRI+ Gum Market Cumulative Sales Value Brand Ranking: April 2024–March 2025

Representative: Tetsuya Murata, President and Representative Director
Location : 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Tokyo Opera City Building 37th Floor
Business activities: Production and sales of confectionery and food products
Listed market: Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (Securities Code 2216)
URL:

• Corporate Website　https://www.kanro.co.jp
• Kanro POCKeT　https://kanro.jp

 

◾️ Kiva Corporation

Representative: Representative Director Kota Nojiri
Location : 3-12-5 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo +SHIFT TSUKIJI 7F
URL :https://kiva.co.jp
Business :

• Warranty service for worry-free purchase ".protect」
• Web accessibility tool "UniWeb」
• The next generation AI agent ".SamuraiAI」