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The Japan Times<p>The transport ministry plans to increase the number of train station platforms with safety doors nationwide to 4,000 by fiscal 2030 through March 2031, setting a new target to make travel safer for passengers. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/20/japan/society/station-platform-doors/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">20/japan/society/station-platform-doors/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mlit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barrierfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barrierfree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>With the number of foreign residents in Sapporo having doubled over the past decade, the city has passed an ordinance calling for the respecting of individual differences. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/ordinance-diversity-sapporo/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">28/japan/ordinance-diversity-sapporo/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sapporo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sapporo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foreignworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreignworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rapidus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rapidus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barrierfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barrierfree</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Home builder Daiwa House Industry plans to expand its hiring system for people with disabilities in fiscal 2025 starting in April. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/japan/daiwa-house-disability-employment/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">27/japan/daiwa-house-disability-employment/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/daiwahouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daiwahouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barrierfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barrierfree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Disabled residents of Gaza face harrowing struggles as thousands await life-saving care and assistive devices. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/09/world/society/gaza-disabled-chaos-war/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/</span><span class="invisible">09/world/society/gaza-disabled-chaos-war/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/middleeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middleeast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israelhamaswar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelhamaswar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestinians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benjaminnetanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benjaminnetanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hezbollah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barrierfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barrierfree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visuallyimpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visuallyimpaired</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hearing</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GovernmentOfCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentOfCanada</span></a> is developing new <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> regulations as part of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AccessibleCanadaAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibleCanadaAct</span></a>, with the goal of making <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/workplaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplaces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BarrierFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarrierFree</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PeopleWithDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleWithDisabilities</span></a> by 2040. In partnership with the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> National Institute for the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CNIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNIB</span></a> &amp; with funding from <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AccessibilityStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityStandards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, we spoke to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employers</span></a> about the barriers, needs, and enablers when it comes to hiring, supporting &amp; retaining <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PwDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PwDs</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/new-bher-report-dives-into-employer-perspectives-on-hiring-persons-with-disabilities-in-support-of-creating-a-barrier-free-canada-by-2040-892196896.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newswire.ca/news-releases/new-</span><span class="invisible">bher-report-dives-into-employer-perspectives-on-hiring-persons-with-disabilities-in-support-of-creating-a-barrier-free-canada-by-2040-892196896.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DisabledCanadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledCanadians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Employment</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Inside one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." This is Anybody's Piano. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/23/japan/ai-assist-piano-disabilities/?utm_content=bufferca87c&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=bffmstdn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/</span><span class="invisible">23/japan/ai-assist-piano-disabilities/?utm_content=bufferca87c&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=bffmstdn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barrierfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barrierfree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yamaha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yamaha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anybody039spiano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anybody039spiano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a></p>