At SmartNews, Inc., we are committed to ensuring and continually improving the accessibility of our corporate website (https://about.smartnews.com/). Our goal is to comply with Level A of the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS X 8341-3:2016 ("Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities — Information and communications equipment, software and services — Part 3: Web content") and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendations "https://waic.jp/translations/WCAG22/"

(1) Scope

This policy applies to all main web pages within the SmartNews, Inc. corporate website (https://about.smartnews.com/).

(2) Target Level and Conformance Status

We aim to achieve compliance with Level A of both JIS X 8341-3:2016 and WCAG 2.2. Furthermore, we will also address the following Level AA success criteria from WCAG 2.2:
・Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
・Success Criterion 2.4.7 Focus Visible

*The term "compliance" in this Web Accessibility Policy is based on the definition provided in the "JIS X 8341-3:2016 Conformance Notation Guidelines for Web Content - April 2021 Edition (Published April 13, 2021)" by the Web Accessibility Infrastructure Committee of the Information and Communication Access Council.

(3) WCAG 2.2 Test Results

Please refer to our WCAG 2.2 Test Results page (Date of Publication: June 26,2025) for detailed information.

(4) Web Accessibility Contact

SmartNews, Inc.
Accessibility Manager
2F Ichigo Jingumae Building
6-25-16 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
Click here for inquiries regarding Web Accessibility.