Japan is gettings its first Starbucks “signing store.” The new coffee shop will open in Tokyo with 25 staff members, 19 of whom are deaf and hard of hearing. This will be Starbucks’ fifth signing ...

Adam Kosa, the president of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Sept. 30, 2025, in Budapest, Hungary. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- With Japan ...

Deaf and a member of a sexual minority group, Fuyumi Yamamoto hopes the Tokyo Deaflympics can improve understanding of ...

Hotel Groove Shinjuku, A Parkroyal Hotel in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, is enhancing its facilities to accommodate deaf and hard of ...

Ken Kawai’s comedy about a feud between a deaf Japanese man and a Kurdish immigrant tackles a range of themes including ...

International Sign is used as the official language at the ongoing Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics as a tool for communication with deaf people from various countries, but it is not well known in Japan and ...

“It didn’t matter if the sign said ‘flesh’ or ‘fresh’ or ‘meat,’” recalls Dougill, a professor at Ryukoku University, who has researched the use of English in Japan. “It was just there to catch people ...

With Japan set to host the Deaflympics for the first time next month, the head of the games has expressed hopes for greater sign language use in the country, saying it is at a “turning point” for ...