EPISODE · Sep 4, 2023 · 3 MIN
Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji
from Disability News Japan · host Michael Gillan Peckitt
Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 90, reached the summit of Mount Fuji with a group of friends and family on Thursday, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent. With the theme of the “circle'' that connects people through the tournament, the design features a hand used in sign language and cherry blossom petals as motifs, and will be widely used in PR for the tournament. Episode Notes: ‘90-year-old Japanese alpinist summits Mount Fuji in wheelchair’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/09/03/90-year-old-japanese-alpinist-summits-mount-fuji-in-wheelchair/ ‘Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/09/04/tokyo-2025-summer-deaflympics-emblem-unveiled/
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Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 90, reached the summit of Mount Fuji with a group of friends and family on Thursday, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent. With the theme of the “circle'' that connects people through the tournament, the design features a hand used in sign language and cherry blossom petals as motifs, and will be widely used in PR for the tournament. Episode Notes: ‘90-year-old Japanese alpinist summits Mount Fuji in wheelchair’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/09/03/90-year-old-japanese-alpinist-summits-mount-fuji-in-wheelchair/ ‘Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/09/04/tokyo-2025-summer-deaflympics-emblem-unveiled/
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Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji
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