Hitachi Group Website Accessibility Policy

The following accessibility policy has been established for Hitachi Group websites, in line with "Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities - Information and communications equipment, software and services - Part 3: Web content" (JIS X 8341-3:2010) as a part of Japanese Industrial Standards, which guidelines are associated with WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0) from W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

• Level of Accessibility and Extent of Compliance:

  We seek to achieve Level A and AA compliance according to JIS X 8341-3:2010 standards. (The level A and AA in JIS X 8341-3:2010 are equivalent to the level A and AA in WCAG 2.0)
  • The concept of compliance represents a web content is developed with following requirements of JIS X 8341-3:2010, and also are met all accessibility criteria of targeting level A and AA.

• Scope of Compliance:

  The general compliance of entire websites is not our primary goal at this point. Rather, as a preliminary goal, we seek to achieve compliance for individual pages, and then to achieve compliance for as many pages as possible (with a minimum of approximately 50 pages).
  • After we have met our initial objectives, the scope will be expanded to include new pages being developed, as we gradually increase the number of compliant pages on Hitachi sites.

Upon this policy, we are committed to maintaining and improving accessibility in Hitachi Group websites, not just for disabled or elderly visitors but for all website visitors.

Hitachi Website Accessibility Information:

Test Results

The following pages have been tested according to JIS X 8341-3:2010, Section 8.1.1, and confirmed as "compliant."

Test Results

Level of Accessibility Attained	AA
URI	12 main pages See "Tested Web pages" below.
Exceptions	India Directory: https://www.hitachi.co.in/about/hitachi/directory/index.html Google Maps is provided complimentary by Google. This map includes links connecting to external web pages.
Web content technologies relied upon	XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS 2, JavaScript 1.3.
Accessibility Criteria Checklist	See "Accessibility Criteria Checklist" below.
The Latest Date of Testing	June 25, 2012
Accessibility Criteria Met at a Higher Level Than That Declared	7.2.4.8: Current Location 7.3.2.5: Changes of Context by Visitor Request

Tested Web Pages

• Hitachi India homepage: https://www.hitachi.co.in/index.html
• Social Innovation Business: https://www.hitachi.co.in/social-innovation-business/index.html
  • by Industry: https://www.hitachi.co.in/social-innovation-business/industry/index.html
• About Us: https://www.hitachi.co.in/about/index.html
  • India Directory: https://www.hitachi.co.in/about/hitachi/directory/index.html
• Contact Us: https://www.hitachi.co.in/contact_support/index.html
• Sitemap: https://www.hitachi.co.in/sitemap/index.html
• Terms of Use: https://www.hitachi.co.in/terms/index.html
• Privacy Policy: https://www.hitachi.co.in/privacy/index.html
• Accessibility: https://www.hitachi.co.in/accessibility/index.html

Hitachi Website Accessibility Guidelines:

Accessibility Criteria Checklist

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• Applicable
  Yes: Accessibility criteria apply to the tested webpage
  –: Accessibility criteria do not apply to the tested webpage
• Compliant
  Yes: Tested page meets accessibility criteria
  No: Tested page does not meet accessibility criteria

Level A

Accessibility criteria check results for Level A

Accessibility Criteria		Applicable	Compliant	Notes
7.1.1.1	Non-text Content	Yes	Yes
7.1.2.1	Prerecorded Audio- or Video-only Media	–	Yes	No audio- or Video-only content
7.1.2.2	Captions for Prerecorded Audio Content	–	Yes	No prerecorded Audio content
7.1.2.3	Alternatives to/Audio Descriptions of Prerecorded Video Content	–	Yes	No audio- or Video-only content
7.1.3.1	Information and Relationships	Yes	Yes
7.1.3.2	Meaningful Sequence	Yes	Yes
7.1.3.3	Sensory Characteristics	Yes	Yes
7.1.4.1	Use of Color	Yes	Yes
7.1.4.2	Control of Audio Content	–	Yes	No audio- or Video-only content
7.2.1.1	Keyboard Operations	Yes	Yes
7.2.1.2	Control of Focus	Yes	Yes
7.2.2.1	Adjustable Time Limits	–	Yes	No content with adjustable time limits
7.2.2.2	Pausing, Stopping, and Hiding Content	Yes	Yes
7.2.3.1	Three Flashes or Below Threshold	–	Yes	No flashing content
7.2.4.1	Bypassing Blocks of Content	Yes	Yes
7.2.4.2	Page Title	Yes	Yes
7.2.4.3	Focus Sequence	Yes	Yes
7.2.4.4	Purpose of Links, as Determined by Context	Yes	Yes
7.3.1.1	Language of Page	Yes	Yes
7.3.2.1	Consistent Behavior When Components Receive Focus	Yes	Yes
7.3.2.2	Consistent Behavior When Visitors Change Settings	Yes	Yes
7.3.3.1	Input Error Identification	–	Yes	No content with input error identification
7.3.3.2	Labels or Instructions	Yes	Yes
7.4.1.1	Parsing of Content	Yes	Yes
7.4.1.2	Recognizable/Configurable Names, Roles, and Values	Yes	Yes

Level AA

Accessibility criteria check results for Level AA

Accessibility Criteria		Applicable	Compliant	Notes
7.1.2.4	Captions for Live Audio Content	–	Yes	No live audio content
7.1.2.5	Audio Descriptions for Prerecorded Video Content	–	Yes	No audio- or Video-only content
7.1.4.3	Minimum Contrast	Yes	Yes
7.1.4.4	Text Resizing	Yes	Yes
7.1.4.5	Graphic Representations of Text	Yes	Yes
7.2.4.5	Multiple Ways to Reach Content	Yes	Yes
7.2.4.6	Headings and Labels	Yes	Yes
7.2.4.7	Visible Focus	Yes	Yes
7.3.1.2	Language of Parts	Yes	Yes
7.3.2.3	Consistent Navigation	Yes	Yes
7.3.2.4	Consistent Identification	Yes	Yes
7.3.3.3	Suggestions to Correct Input Errors	–	Yes	No content with input error identification
7.3.3.4	Error Prevention (in Legal, Financial, Data Management, or Test Contexts)	–	Yes	No content with legal or financial transactions, data modification, or test responses

Level AAA

Accessibility criteria check results for Level AAA

Accessibility Criteria		Applicable	Compliant	Notes
7.2.4.8	Current Location	Yes	Yes
7.3.2.5	Changes of Context by Visitor Request	Yes	Yes

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