【Free Online Seminar】 Hosting a WEB Accessibility Seminar Starting from Scratch

2024/02/14

Kiva Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Kota Nojiri, hereinafter referred to as Kiva) will host a seminar titled 'Starting from Zero: WEB Accessibility' on February 21, 2024 (Wednesday) at 5 PM, featuring guest Mr. Sakakibara from Albion Corporation (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Shoichi Kobayashi, hereinafter referred to as Albion).

According to the revised Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Note 1), effective April 1, 2024, the provision of reasonable accommodations, which was previously an obligation for administrative agencies and a due diligence requirement for businesses, will also become mandatory for businesses.

While all people, including those with disabilities and the elderly, are seeking an environment where they can smoothly utilize information and services provided on the web, web accessibility is still not well-established. According to a survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Note 2), the percentage of Japanese companies using the internet is 99.7%, but only 4.6% of them meet the JIS standards for web accessibility.

In this seminar, we will welcome Mr. Sakakibara from Albion Corporation, who is already addressing web accessibility, as a guest to talk about the details and methods of web accessibility. We look forward to your participation.

※1 Act on the Elimination of Disability Discrimination
A law aimed at promoting the elimination of discrimination based on disability and realizing a society where all citizens coexist while mutually respecting each other's personalities and individualities without discrimination based on the presence or absence of disability.

*2 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Report on Communication Usage Trends for FY 2022 (Corporate Edition)"
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/statistics/pdf/HR202200_002.pdf

 

◾️Speakers

Takahiro Sakakibara
Albion Co., Ltd.
International Brand Sales Department Domestic Promotion Group Leader

Within Albion Co., Ltd., which promotes brand fan development together with cosmetic specialty stores and department stores nationwide, I lead domestic sales while being in charge of new business in the department responsible for the production of license brands such as Anna Sui and Paul & Joe, and I have sequentially launched domestic brand sites for Anna Sui and Paul & Joe since 2019, currently also responsible for overall operations.

Nojiri Kota
Kiva Corporation CEO

While still in university, I founded Puenten LLC, developed an agency business for Chiba blacksmith cutlery, and connected many blacksmith artisans with the food and beverage industry. Since 2019, I served as the head of new business development at a venture company, overseeing content marketing and the launch of EC sites, and experienced the sale of the business. Aspiring to create services used worldwide, I established Kiva Corporation in 2020, providing a reliable purchasing guarantee service 'proteger'. In December 2023, I began offering the web accessibility service 'Uniweb' to provide equal websites for everyone.

 

◾️Overview of the Online Seminar

Event date and time: February 21 (Wednesday) 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Participation fee: Free
Format: Online seminar (webinar) via Zoom
How to participate: Please apply using the following URL.

▼ Click here to apply

https://kivawebaccessibility.peatix.com/view
A participation URL will be sent to the email address you registered.

<For inquiries about the seminar>
Email:[email protected]

 

◾️What is Web Accessibility?

It is not a special accommodation only for the disabled or elderly, but anyone can be in the same situation as a disabled person.

• 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.

 

◾️Albion Co., Ltd.

Representative: CEO Shoichi Kobayashi
Location: 1-12-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
URL :https://www.albion.co.jp/
Business Description: Manufacturing and selling premium cosmetics.
Development and manufacturing of cosmetics including skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care, and sales through top department stores and leading cosmetics specialty stores nationwide.

 

◾️ Kiva Corporation

Representative: Kota Nojiri, President and Representative Director
Location : 3-12-5 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo +SHIFT TSUKIJI 7F
URL :https://kiva.co.jp/
Business :
・Development and operation of the reliable purchase guarantee service 'proteger' (https://hi.helloproteger.com/）
・Development and operation of web accessibility service 'Uniweb' (https://hellouniweb.com）