As mentioned in a previous post, Japan has its own form of sign language that draws from Chinese characters and Japanese culture. The Japanese Imperial Family has close ties to sign language as Princes Kiko is a strong advocate. Recently, Princess Kako – the 20-year-old second daughter of Prince Akishino Read more…
People with hearing impairments (like the two ladies who recently one regional elections) in Japan sign to communicate, and, as you might expect, they don’t use American Sign Language (ASL)! Japanese Sign Language (JSL) is called 手話 (shu-wa, lit. “hand language”), and though people with hearing impairments have faced an Read more…
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a video is worth… well, a lot more! While doing some reviews a while ago, I decided to take a video as well as pictures. It made me think, “why didn’t I start doing this earlier?!” So, Accessible Japan has birthed Read more…