business

Starbucks to open 1st sign language store in Japan

5 Comments

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

© KYODO

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

5 Comments
Login to comment

Sounds like a great idea.

No doubt someone is going to be offended by this in the comments section.

1 ( +2 / -1 )

Pretty sure a menu with pictures would be enough. There are already plenty of non-Japanese speaking customers getting by with gestures and menus.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

No doubt someone is going to be offended by this in the comments section.

Didn't take long:

But it's not inclusion, is it? It's ghetto-isation.

But I do agree that it would be better to have more stores with staff able to sign rather than having them concentrated in one.

1 ( +3 / -2 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites