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© 2018 AFPNew hotels must be wheelchair accessible before Tokyo 2020
By Yoshikazu Tsuno TOKYO©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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J-Dake
Nice. How about schools?
phatsun
Before making regulations, does government hear sufficiently the voices from people who have handicap??
peladon
why does it take a Mega event like the Olympics to realize this?
Michael Jackson
Wouldn't most hotels of that size already qualify? They would have elevators of course, and wheelchairs already fit through doorways, so getting into the room would be no problem. Maybe just a matter of being able to get into the building itself.
Yubaru
So "old" hotels don't need to be? And what is the definition of a "new" hotel anyway?
This is poorly written
This is a little better but still does not define what is a "new" hotel. Also this "rule" has NOTHING to do with the Olympics, it's about the future, and it's about damn time!
ThePBot
I thought this was already a given for any reputable hotel, regardless of any event.
Chip Star
Here's a novel idea: Require all facilities open to the public to be barrier free. Of course, there are no other countries on earth that have such laws, so there needs to be studies and meetings before anything is implemented.
shogun36
Welcome to 1992.
Hasn't wheelchair/handicapped accessibility laws been around for decades now?
Serrano
"Hasn't wheelchair/handicapped accessibility laws been around for decades now?"
Sure, but there are still a whole lotta buildings in Japan that you have to negotiate a set of steps before you can get to an elevator that isn't big enough to fit a lot of wheelchairs.