The LITTLE ARTISTS LEAGUE, a global art collective aimed at tackling societal issues through the lens of art, is broadening its initiatives in promoting diversity and inclusivity. The group recently launched its INVISIBLE MUSEUM series, exploring...
From September 1st to 10th. The “Soerute Art Festival,” an event encompassing a vast array of art forms, seeks to shed light on the challenges and hopes of families with disabled children, particularly focusing on their lives after their...
In recent years, initiatives related to diversity have been under active discussion worldwide. In the area of design, there is a search for ways to make design easy to use for people of various backgrounds. For example, universal design is a method...
When walking through a city in Japan, we can see various barrier-free designs such as gentle slopes, braille blocks, and voice-activated traffic signals. However, not many places and facilities have such innovations. In fact, there are only a...
It can be hard to find a good job. If you live in a regional area with fewer big companies, it is harder still. If you are also disabled, your options are further limited. But a Japanese company is creating jobs for such people by setting up farms...
FamilyMart Co., Ltd., a Japanese convenience store chain, has started a new service that will improve accessibility for people in wheelchairs. The company will provide information on accessible toilets to WheeLog!, an accessibility app created by a...
Diversity and inclusion should provide accessibility for all, be they LGBT, elderly or disabled. While the concept of diversity is slowly building in Japan, there is a place in Kyushu that already has social inclusion nailed down. The 21-year-old...
A good cup of coffee is a serious matter in Japan. When it comes to gourmet, the country has some of the best and most consistent food on the planet, and this does not exclude coffee culture. In recent times, many coffee shops are taking a simple...
A few months ago, we featured Tabi no Tochu (meaning “On The Way” in English), an introduction of the guesthouse on its innovative usage of a sharing economy to provide a missing welfare need. Unfortunately, we didn’t go deeper to explore the inner...
In Japan, social awareness about developmental disorders in adulthood is on the rise, due to such coverage by TV shows and books in recent years. Developmental disorders are a group of conditions resulting from abnormal brain development. These...