Escalator safety campaign starts at Tokyo Station
“A campaign to promote the safe use of escalators has begun at Tokyo Station ahead of the year-end and New Year’s travel season.”
Category: Travel
Government testing ‘barrier-free’ navigational app
From The Yomiuri Shimbun December 16th 2018 The government has released free of charge a trial app called “Personal navigation,”Continue Reading
Probe launched as electric wheelchair accidents surge at railway crossings in Japan
“Following a surge in the number of fatal accidents involving electric wheelchairs getting stuck at rail crossings, the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) has started an investigation.”
Japanese airlines to offer discount to people with mental disorders
“The JAL group will start accepting reservations for the discount on Oct.4, while other airlines plan to implement the new policy as early as January next year.”
Disability groups protest JR Kyushu ‘unmanned station’ policy
“There was a rally meeting at a JR Kyushu station in Oita city on the 24th, against the large scale reduction of unmanned stations.”
‘Elevator at Nagoya Castle!’ Aichi disability groups appeal to Governor to reconsider renovation plans
“An executive committee made up of a group of people with disabilities based in Aichi prefecture, who are against the policy of Nagoya City not to install an elevator in the castle tower when it is restored with a wooden floor, met on September 19th with Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura, and asked the city to work towards the installation of an elevator.”
Kobe Railway Wheelchair user death: Trapped wheelchair, inactive safety sensor possible contributing factors
“A combination of a stuck wheelchair and an inactive sensor that detects objects on the tracks possibly contributed to the death of a 73-year old man at a railway crossing, the Kobe Shimbun reported.”
Wheelchair user’s death at a Kobe railway station further highlights lack of accessibility
“The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, there were 3,673 ‘platform falls’ in 2014.”
Wheelchair using man killed at Kobe railway crossing
“A 73-year-old man using an electric wheelchair at a railroad crossing of the Hankyu Kobe Line in Kobe City died on the 16th evening as a train hit him, police said that he was not able to cross the railroad crossing.”
“Help Mark”: To Help those with Invisible Disabilities in Japan
“The ‘help mark’ was created by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 2012 to help people with hidden impediments, or “invisible disabilities.” This includes people with prosthetic legs, artificial joints, internal ailments, and rare diseases.”
Barrier Free Japan 