From Calligraphy to Independence: Shoko Kanazawa
Shoko Kanazawa is a Japanese calligrapher with Down Syndrome. With the confidence she gained through her work, she decided to take the plunge and start…
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Disability in Tokyo: On Vanishing and the Imaginary
Mark Bookman is currently a PhD student in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He came to Japan on a Fulbright…
Barrierless City Awards and Competition
On March 26th, the Barrierless City Awards and Competition was held in downtown Tokyo. Â The competition began as the effort of two architects – one…
Business Booming at Japanese Cafe Run by Deaf Employees
At Sign With Me, a local soup Café in Tokyo customers are received by sign language and gestures from staff members. In Japan it is…
Morning
From a work of fiction, being written by Michael Gillan Peckitt, tentatively entitled ‘Foreigner’. Mornings seem forced to me. – Osamu Dazai Sleeping on a…
Japanese Disabled Artist Tomihiro Hoshino
Tomihiro Hoshino was an experienced 24-year-old gymnastics teacher with a real passion for the sport. An active mountain climber and gymnastics instructor, his life changed…