Accessibility

Accessibility Policy

This site aims at being classed as grade “AA” of the Japanese Industrial Standards JIS X 8341-3:2016 “Design guidelines in consideration of the elderly and persons with disabilities Information and communications equipment, software and services Part 3: Web content” (hereinafter referred to as “JIS X 8341-3”). 

Scope

This policy applies to the pages of this website. (https://www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/) 

Exceptions

The following items are excluded from the target due to difficulty in making corrections:

  1. Content for which correction data is unavailable (unable to be corrected)
  2. Some images created in the past
  3. Content using services provided by third parties such as X, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, and their associated content
  4. Content in PDF, Excel, Word, and PPT formats
  5. Setting of captions for tables published in the past
  6. Content that cannot be corrected due to rights issues
  7. Content collected from external sites that significantly differs from the HTML structure of this site

Achievement Deadline and Grades

  • Achievement deadline: March 31, 2025
  • Achievement grade: Conform with grade “AA”

Additional Achievement Grades 

Of the grade AAA achievement criteria, the following will be included in the targets and will be addressed to the extent possible.

2.1.3: Success Criteria for Keyboard Operation without Exception (AAA)

2.2.3: Success Criteria for No Timing (AAA)

2.3.2: Success Criteria for Three Flashes or Below Threshold (AAA)

Website Accessibility Test Results

Tests based on JIS X 8341-3:2016 have been conducted with the results published.

1. Targeted Web Accessibility Achievement Grade

Grade “AA”

2. Scope

The pages of this website (https://www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/).

3. Tested Pages

4. Exceptions

Service provided by Google (Google Tag Manager)

5. Technologies This Content Relies Upon

HTML Living Standard, CSS3, JavaScript

6. Achievement Criteria Check List

The "Applicable" column indicates applicable success criteria with "Yes" and non-applicable success criteria with "No." The "Results" column indicates the outcome of the verification process, marking conforming achievement criteria as "Conformance" and non-conforming achievement criteria as "Non-conformance." For terms used in the achievement criteria, please refer to the glossary in the "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (waic.jp)."

Sub-clause Conformance Grades Criteria Applicable Results Notes
1.1.1 A Non-text content Yes Conformance
1.2.1 A Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) Yes Conformance No Applicable Content
1.2.2 A Captions (Prerecorded) No Conformance No Applicable Content
1.2.3 A Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) No Conformance No Applicable Content
1.2.4 AA Captions (Live) No Conformance No Applicable Content
1.2.5 AA Audio Description (Prerecorded) No Conformance No Applicable Content
1.3.1 A Info and Relationships Yes Conformance
1.3.2 A Meaningful Sequence Yes Conformance
1.3.3 A Sensory Characteristics Yes Conformance
1.4.1 A Use of Color Yes Conformance
1.4.2 A Audio Control No Conformance No Applicable Content
1.4.3 AA Contrast (Minimum) Yes Conformance
1.4.4 AA Resize text Yes Conformance
1.4.5 AA Images of Text Yes Conformance
2.1.1 A Keyboard Yes Conformance
2.1.2 A No Keyboard Trap Yes Conformance
2.2.1 A Timing Adjustable No Conformance No Applicable Content
2.2.2 A Pause, Stop, Hide Yes Conformance
2.3.1 A Three Flashes or Below Threshold No Conformance No Applicable Content
2.4.1 A Bypass Blocks Yes Conformance
2.4.2 A Page Titled Yes Conformance
2.4.3 A Focus Order Yes Conformance
2.4.4 A Link Purpose (In Context) Yes Conformance
2.4.5 AA Multiple Ways Yes Conformance
2.4.6 AA Headings and Labels Yes Conformance
2.4.7 AA Focus Visible Yes Conformance
3.1.1 A Language of Page Yes Conformance
3.1.2 AA Language of Parts No Conformance No Applicable Content
3.2.1 A On Focus Yes Conformance
3.2.2 A On Input Yes Conformance
3.2.3 AA Consistent Navigation Yes Conformance
3.2.4 AA Consistent Identification Yes Conformance
3.3.1 A Error Identification Yes Non-conformance Not achieved in the following page:
https://www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/w/006-101-000908
3.3.2 A Labels or Instructions Yes Conformance
3.3.3 AA Error Suggestion Yes Non-Conformance Not achieved in the following page:
https://www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/w/006-101-000908
3.3.4 AA Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) No Conformance No Applicable Content
4.1.1 A Parsing Yes Conformance
4.1.2 A Name, Role, Value Yes Conformance

7. Test period

From August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024

Static Page Lead Paragraph