Disability News Japan Podcast: 75th Anniversary of Helen Keller’s Visit to Japan
The Japanese public must get it out of their heads that blind people are limited to just one job, that of massage, she emphasized.
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The Japan Times 1948: Helen Keller recounts impression of Japan tour
The Japanese public must get it out of their heads that blind people are limited to just one job, that of massage, she emphasized.
Disability News Japan Podcast: The JR Shibuya Disability Accessibility Report
I went to Tokyo for an academic conference, my first time going to Tokyo for over four years. I do approve of the work that is being done on JR Shibuya Station to make it more accessible, but I can appreciate that it can be an inconvenience to some people whilst the work is being carried out.
Japan’s free matching app for disabled, supporters marks 10,000 downloads
A free app for people with disabilities and supporters seeking friendship in Japan has achieved 10,000 downloads in two months since its launch in July.
As with other matching tools, users of the “Irodori” app register their own information, such as date of birth and gender, and it has a field to enter whether or not they have a disability. The app has communities where people with similar interests can communicate with each other, and a matching function for men and women. Users’ feedback included, “I have been able to casually talk with people who have similar characteristics to myself.”
Disability News Japan Podcast: Osaka World Expo 2025 to Make Diversity a Theme
By Barrier Free Japan September 8 2023 OSAKA – Osaka in the Kansai Region of Japan will hold the ‘WorldContinue Reading
Osaka Kansai World Expo 2025 Venue to Follow Universal Design Guidelines, have ‘Unity in Diversity’ Theme
Barrier Free Japan contacted the organisers of the ‘Osaka Kansai World Expo 2025’ asking about plans to make the venue, which is in Yumeshima Osaka, accessible to people with disabilities and about possible themes of thew exhibits that might be about people with disabilities. This was the response from the ‘Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition’:
Disability News Japan Podcast: Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji
Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 90, reached the summit of Mount Fuji with a group of friends and family on Thursday, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.
With the theme of the “circle” that connects people through the tournament, the design features a hand used in sign language and cherry blossom petals as motifs, and will be widely used in PR for the tournament.
We need to talk about Accessibility in Nagoya…
I like Nagoya, I have been to Nagoya and as the adage goes, some of my best friends are from Nagoya. However, after reading recent news stories about Nagoya; it is difficult not to conclude that Nagoya ‘has issues’, as I believe the young folk like to say, when it comes to disabilities. As early as 2018 for example, there were concerns about Nagoya Castle possibly becoming inaccessible to people with disabilities. There are also more recent concerns about access to the subway.
Disability News Japan Podcast: The Saga of Nagoya Castle’s Accessibility Issues Continues…
A group of legislators with disabilities requested on Aug. 21 that Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura consider installing an elevator going up to Nagoya Castle’s top floor, as the city aims to replace the current reinforced concrete castle keep with a wooden structure true to the building’s roots.
Legislators with disabilities request elevator be installed to Nagoya Castle’s top floor
A group of legislators with disabilities requested on Aug. 21 that Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura consider installing an elevator going up to Nagoya Castle’s top floor, as the city aims to replace the current reinforced concrete castle keep with a wooden structure true to the building’s roots.
