Kirin Group Web Accessibility Policy
June 10, 2024
Based on the Kirin Group Human Rights Policy (enacted: February 9, 2018, revised: October 16, 2023), the Kirin Group is working to ensure and improve web accessibility in order to respect the human rights of all stakeholders, commit to satisfying consumers and providing safe and secure products and services, and promote access to products and services that take into account consumers’ attributes and other factors.
Scope
Each website* of the Kirin Group is subject to this policy.
Among them, we are proceeding with the application from the website described below.
- Websites owned by consolidated subsidiaries of Kirin Holdings Company in Japan.
- Web pages under the https://www.kirinholdings.com/. However, the following are excluded.
- Past news releases (mainly before November 2013)
- Reason for exclusion: The format is different from the current format
- PDF files and parts that use external services, including embedding video players, maps, and social media posts
- Reason for exclusion: It may not be possible to meet all success criteria at this time
- Past news releases (mainly before November 2013)
- Each page included in the following categories published on https://products.kirin.co.jp/
- Product & Quality Information Detail Page
- Examples of typical pages: https://products.kirin.co.jp/softdrink/softdrink/detail.html?id=7374
- List of raw materials, nutritional ingredients, etc.
- Examples of typical pages: https://products.kirin.co.jp/softdrink/nutrition/softdrink/
- Product & Quality Information Detail Page
We will continue to improve accessibility as much as possible within that is not covered, but if you cannot confirm the content due to accessibility issues, please contact us separately.
Target level of conformance and degree of compliance
Compliant with WCAG 2.2 conformance level AA.
For videos, we are first working on the addition of subtitles, which is the success criterion for A, and we will proceed with audio descriptions and live captions necessary to meet the success criterion of AA to the extent possible.
- The notation "compliant" in this policy is in accordance with the notation stipulated in the "JIS X 8341-3:2016 Compliance Notation Guidelines for Web Content - April 2021 Edition" by the Web Accessibility Infrastructure Committee of the Information and Communications Access Council.
Inquiries
Please contact us by selecting “Other” in the subject field on the General Inquiry form.