Japan’s Asian Para Games spurs accessibility improvements
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Following the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and Asian Para Games, Japan saw accessibility improvements at venues and surrounding areas. Kimiko Yoshinobu, chairman of the Aichi Prefectural Blind Welfare Association and a practitioner of acupuncture, walked the streets near his home in Nagoya to assess everyday accessibility.
Yoshinobu, who has been fully blind for about five years due to congenital glaucoma, relies on a white cane to navigate sidewalks and streets.
He checked the route from his home to Dōtoku Station on the Nagoya Railway, noting the condition of sidewalks and curbs. Yoshinobu uses trains for shopping and house calls as an acupuncturist. The article notes obstacles like utility poles and signs along the route.
