Web Accessibility Tools UniWeb to Exhibit for the First Time at SDGs x Hands-on Event "Smile for the Planet: Plaza 2025 Spring" Hosted by TBS - Accessible Shopping Adventure Spreading with Smiles -.

2025/04/28

(Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuta Isozaki; hereinafter referred to as Kiva) is pleased to announce that it will exhibit for the first time at the SDGs x hands-on event "Smile the Earth Plaza 2025 Spring" organized by TBS on May 3 (Sat.) and 4 (Sun.), 2025.

 

◾️TBS "Smile the Earth Plaza 2025 Spring" means

This is an event for parents and children held mainly in Akasaka's Sacas Square, providing an opportunity to take action on the SDGs through various workshops and a stage for popular TBS programs.

Starting time: May 3 (Earth) and 4 (Sun), 2025 11:00～18:00
Location: Akasaka Sacas Plaza (5-3-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052) and surrounding area
Access:

• Direct connection from Exit 1, 3a and 3b of Akasaka Station on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
• 5 min. walk from Exit 11 of Akasaka-mitsuke Station on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line.
• 6-minute walk from Tameike-Sanno Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Nanboku Line), Exit 11.

Admission: Free
HP:https://www.tbs.co.jp/SDGs_portal/chikyu_egao_hiroba/

 

◾️ "UniWeb Barrier-Free Experience"

At this exhibition, visitors can actually experience accessibility functions such as changing colors and adjusting text size, etc. Accessibility means making it easier for all people to use the site, regardless of age or physical differences.
The event will also provide a fun barrier-free web experience for the whole family through a simulated online shopping experience.

 

Event Summary

Contents: Experiencing accessibility functions (color change, text enlargement, etc.), mock online shopping
Method: Accepted at any time, first-come-first-served basis
Time required: about 30 minutes
Eligibility: Elementary school students of 4 years or more (Parent-child recommendation)
Children under 3rd grade of elementary school can participate with their parents or guardians.
Participation benefit: Sample products presented by sponsors

 

◾️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.

 

◾️What is Web Accessibility?

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

• 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.))
• Age-related hearing loss
• 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.
• 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

 

We hope that this event will help you to realize the importance of a future web environment that is comfortable for everyone, regardless of age or physical condition, and we look forward to seeing you and your family at the event.

 

◾️ Kiva Corporation

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