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SIGN LANGUAGE

Ryoji Miura communicates with a foreign tourist using International Sign at the tourist information center of the Deaflympics Square in Tokyo¡¯s Shibuya Ward on Nov. 15.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2025
Tokyo Deaflympics sign interpreter wants more to learn International Sign
International Sign is used as the official language at the Deaflympics, but it isn¡¯t well known in Japan, and there is a shortage of interpreters.
A sign-language lesson is held for staff involved in the upcoming Deaflympics events in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2025
Tokyo government conducts sign language lessons ahead of Deaflympics
Some 3,000 athletes from over 70 countries and regions are slated to compete in the first Japan-held Deaflympics.
Members of the rock band Bright Eyes Super-Duper perform a song using sign language at a venue in Nagoya on Sept. 15.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 27, 2024
Sign-language rock band marks 35 years in Japan
To keep rhythm for their performances, the members of Bright Eyes Super-Duper with impaired hearing feel the vibrations of the music.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 31, 2021
¡®A huge step forward¡¯: NHK brings human touch to computer-generated sign-language commentary
The move is the national broadcaster¡¯s most ambitious initiative yet to bring a variety of content to Â鶹´«Ã½ deaf population.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2020
Sign of the times: Helping deaf people get by in Japan
Attempts are being made to enhance the visibility and availability of sign language across the nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 18, 2019
Silent heroes: Sign language interpreters give voice to Â鶹´«Ã½ top government spokesman
Kohei Ehara sits quietly in the far corner of the spacious conference room in the Prime Minister¡¯s Office, largely unnoticed by a group of reporters waiting for Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to start his daily briefing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 8, 2017
Entrepreneur taps Skype, tablets to offer sign language service across Japan
Imagine you¡¯re a hearing impaired person who wants to hire a sign language interpreter. The process is antiquated and lengthy. You have to send a fax to a local municipal government to make a reservation two weeks in advance, and officials then look for an interpreter whose schedule matches yours. Once...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 22, 2015
Ukraine¡¯s young actress in a coded world without sound
Yana Novikova is a 21-year-old Ukranian actress who was born deaf. She is one of the leads in ¡°The Tribe,¡± a near-silent film starring a cast of deaf actors who communicate only through sign and body language. There are no subtitles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 22, 2015
Violence speaks louder than words in Ukrainian film ¡®The Tribe¡¯
Obscurantism; noun: The practice of being deliberately obscure or vague. If that represents a new genre in art cinema, then Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy may be its leading proponent. His film ¡°The Tribe,¡± which garnered some attention at Cannes last year, features deaf actors communicating...
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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