On the Japan Government Cabinet “approved plans” for a ‘Barrier Free Tokyo’ in 2013 and 2018
Yesterday (April 2nd 2018) Barrier Free Japan shared an article from Kyodo which was reprinted in many news outlets, bothContinue Reading
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Disability groups repeat concerns as a JR Kyushu Station becomes ‘unmanned’
“It will be hard to use as it becomes increasingly frightening when there are no station staff who will immediately help”
“Everyone will need a ‘Priority Seat’ someday”: Good Manners on Priority Seats (Part 2)
“Everyone will need a priority seat some day: the Priority seat” has not been able to become a fixed rule, it is the current situation that we must rely on people’s manners such as conscience, mutual assistance and kindness.”
When it comes to priority seats, good manners are important (Part 1)
“There is a married couple, and the woman is disabled and has a cane. Her husband said to the young man who is nearest to the door “I’m sorry, I cannot stand for a long time, can you give me the seat?” Then the smartphone man gave a loud voice saying “I am tired! Passengers around me watched all at once, so it was so loud and fought back. Still, the smartphone man will not give up his seat as cancer. It is probably a “healthy person” who is absorbed in the smartphone of other priority seats.”
Japanese temple boardinghouse provides respite to seriously ill, families
“The boardinghouse, founded in September 2010, aims to improve the quality of life of seriously ill people, especially children with severe disabilities, by providing support to them and their families.”
The Chrysanthemum and the Stick E-book
“As a disabled foreigner living in Japan, I have experienced both sides of this paradox. It may seem bleak, but I do not find it so. And yet for myself, a British citizen with cerebral palsy in Japan, it is the liberating power of being a foreigner here that leaves the deepest impression on me.”
Japan based Netizens react negatively to the ‘standing only on the escalator’ campaign to help the elderly and disabled
In early December 2017, Rocketnews24 reported about a campaign aimed to help the elderly and disabled. Like many major cities,Continue Reading
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