A New Magazine for Accessible Travel in Japan!
Recently, Accessible Japan had the opportunity to meet two members of a team of eight out to create Japan’s fist magazine to focus on accessible…
Category: Disability
“Share Your Light” to be Paralympic Torch Relay Concept
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announced the concept for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Torch Relay on Friday, December 21st. …
New App to Help People with Disabilities Navigate Tokyo
Navigating the streets of Tokyo is no easy task, regardless of ability. However, having a disability adds an extra layer of difficulty as the routes…
Engineering Employment: Robots and Remote Work for Persons with Disabilities at a Japanese Cafe
By Mark Bookman On November 26, the Nippon Foundation, together with Ory Laboratory and ANA Holdings, opened a café where customers could be served coffee…
Bringing a Guide Dog or Service Dog to Japan
At a recent event on accessibility in the service industry, we were excited to meet members of the Japanese Service Dog Resource Center (JSDRC). As…
Innovation and Isolation at Tokyo’s Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition
By Mark Bookman On Thursday, October 11th, 2018 I had the opportunity to visit the 45th International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition (HCR) at Tokyo…