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EPISODE · Jan 11, 2026 · 1 MIN

A No News ‘Seijin no Hi’

from Disability News Japan · host Michael Gillan Peckitt

No news on ‘Coming of Age Day!’ Although there is a report that ‘Sign Language Link’ will be provided by the Japan Foundation Telephone Relay Service, a general incorporated foundation based in Tokyo. When police officers leave a kōban or a residential police post, they put up a notice indicating their absence. By scanning the QR code on this notice with a smartphone or other device, users are connected to a video call, initiating a three-way conversation between the user, a sign language interpreter, and an officer at the police station. Episode notes: ‘Gifu Prefectural Police Introduce ‘Sign Language Link’, Available Even if No Police Present’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/01/11/gifu-prefectural-police-introduce-sign-language-link-available-even-if-no-police-present/

No news on ‘Coming of Age Day!’ Although there is a report that ‘Sign Language Link’ will be provided by the Japan Foundation Telephone Relay Service, a general incorporated foundation based in Tokyo. When police officers leave a kōban or a residential police post, they put up a notice indicating their absence. By scanning the QR code on this notice with a smartphone or other device, users are connected to a video call, initiating a three-way conversation between the user, a sign language interpreter, and an officer at the police station. Episode notes: ‘Gifu Prefectural Police Introduce ‘Sign Language Link’, Available Even if No Police Present’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/01/11/gifu-prefectural-police-introduce-sign-language-link-available-even-if-no-police-present/

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