Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan’s Barrier-Free Minds on the UN International Day of People with Disabilities

By Barrier Free Japan

December 4 2022

Saturday 3^rd of December was the UN International Day of People with Disabilities.

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has established appropriate facilities and equipment such as barrier-free toilets, parking facilities for wheelchair users, elevators in passenger facilities, and priority seats in vehicles so that those who “truly need them” can use them when they need them. The Ministry states that it will carry out a campaign to promote the use of these facilities and promote “barrier-free minds.”