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Eri Matsumoto, 50, director of the Japanese Service Dog Resource Center. The law on Assistance Dogs for Persons with Physical Disabilities, which took effect in 2002, requires transportation facilities, hotels, restaurants and other facilities to accept assistance dogs. But a survey of people working in such industries showed that about 70% do not know the law.
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shonanbb
They need to have certificate of health tags, and daily logs that they are bathed each day then nobody can say no.
pacificwest
I'll give it 6 months before Japan starts going thru the whole "emotional[ly retarded] support animals" debacle ...
Like that dame who tried to take her chihuahua on a flight and was not allowed to and so left it in a trashcan at the airport.
Oh dear, I just did a search to check my references and it's amazing just how many chihuahuas get dumped at airports etc.