Uniweb begins offering its services to sites operated by the Kose Group.

2025/02/26

(Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuta Isozaki; hereinafter "Kiva") announces that it has started providing its web accessibility tool "UniWeb" to various websites operated by KOSÉ Corporation (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazutoshi Kobayashi; hereinafter "KOSÉ") and its group companies.

 

◾️ UniWeb introduction site (partial)

• Kose EC site (Maison Kose):https://maison.kose.co.jp/
• KOSÉ corporate site:https://corp.kose.co.jp

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

KOSÉ EC site (Maison KOSÉ)

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.

KOSÉ EC site (Maison KOSÉ)

 

◾️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 changes
• 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 Kose

Founded in 1946, KOSÉ is a "beauty creation company" that creates unique and beautiful values and culture by combining wisdom and sensibility, and has developed its business with a focus on the manufacture and sale of cosmetics.

With its strength in high-end, high-value-added cosmetics that combine cutting-edge technologies, the company owns 35 unique brands with diverse values, including COSME DECORTE and SEKKISEI, in all areas from high prestige to cosmetaries*, and is present in 68 countries and regions.
(*)Cosmetery: Coined word combining cosmetics and toiletries

Representative: Kazutoshi Kobayashi, President and Representative Director
Location : 3-6-2 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
URL : https://corp.kose.co.jp/
Business : Planning, research and development, manufacturing and sales of cosmetics

 

About ◾️Kiva

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

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