Website Accessibility Testing in Tōkyō, Japan

Audits for Tōkyō against the standard that actually binds you in Japan.

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The short answer for Tōkyō

Roughly 14,246,000 people live in Tōkyō, one of Japan's 47 prefectures. Japan's JIS X 8341-3 standard is WCAG 2.0 AA in national form, and since April 1, 2024 private businesses have carried a mandatory duty of reasonable accommodation. The standard itself is national.

Enforcement is not. The law lets the minister's powers be devolved to the heads of local government, which means a report or an order can come from a prefecture or a municipality rather than only from Tokyo. That is the practical reason a prefecture is worth its own page.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Tōkyō site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 covers everything the national standard asks for and more, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

Which law lands on you in Tōkyō

Japan: JIS X 8341-3 & Reasonable Accommodation

Standard: JIS X 8341-3:2016 = WCAG 2.0 AA
Where it stands: Private duty since Apr 1, 2024
Who it binds: Public and private sectors
Reaches sellers based abroad: Not by itself
What non-compliance costs: Mandatory accommodation duty, ministry guidance

WCAG via JIS X 8341-3: 2.0 AA
Private duty mandatory: Apr 2024
Standard adopted verbatim: ISO 40500:2012
Businesses covered: All sizes

The Japan JIS X 8341-3 dates, 2 of them

2016JIS X 8341-3:2016 aligns fully with WCAG 2.0
Apr 1, 2024Reasonable accommodation becomes mandatory for private businesses

Read the full Japan JIS X 8341-3 page

Inside an audit for a site in Tōkyō

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Tōkyō as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check: 55
Techniques and failures: 432
ACT test rules: 90
ARIA roles documented: 94
Terms in the glossary: 131
Checklists to work from: 9

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The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Tōkyō is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Straight answers for Tōkyō

My site is in Tōkyō. Does that change what you test?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

What law am I actually answering to in Tōkyō?

Japan JIS X 8341-3 is the one that reach Tōkyō first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Should I be publishing an accessibility statement here?

No law that reaches Tōkyō names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.

What am I paying, and what turnaround do I get?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Who does the human half of the testing?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

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