Hong Kong

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Guidelines on Dissemination of Information through Government Websites, a publication of the Office of Government Chief Information Officer, Government of Hong Kong. Guidelines use WCAG 2.0 Level AA. Read more… Hong Kong

Japan

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Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) 8341-3 is now identical to ISO/IEC 40500:2012 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0). The current version is JIS X 8341-3:2016 (Japanese). JIS X 8341-3:2016 has exactly the same success criteria as WCAG 2.0. WAIC (Web Accessibility Infrastructure Committee in Japan) was in charge of the update of JIS X 8341-3. Makoto Ueki… Read more… Japan