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1. Copyright

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5. Handling of Cookies

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Introduction

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6. Social Media Policy

7. Web Accessibility

We strive to ensure that this site conforms to Level AA for web accessibility (JIS X 8341-3:2016 Conformance Level AA).
“Web accessibility” refers to ensuring that anyone, including the elderly and persons with disabilities, can use the information and functionality provided by a homepage or other website without difficulty (from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Everyone’s Public Website Operational Guidelines,2016 edition).
The Japanese Industrial Standard for web accessibility, JIS X 8341-3:2016, was revised in March 2016. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released Everyone’s Public Website Operational Guidelines (2016 edition) in April the same year. These guidelines call on public institutions operated by national and local public entities to strive to offer homepages that conform to the JIS standard for accessibility.

8. Miscellaneous

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  6. Inquiries regarding this site policy:
    The Japan Foundation
    Planning and Coordination Section
    Arts and Culture Dept.
    YOTSUYA CRUCE, 1-6-4 Yotsuya
    Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004, Japan
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