New Tokyo ordinance to boost barrier-free hotel rooms ahead of Paralympics

A Tokyo metropolitan government ordinance took effect Sunday that is expected to boost the number of hotel rooms in the capital accessible by the disabled and the elderly ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.Tokyo's revised barrier-free building ordinance is the first in Japan to set criteria for standard hotel rooms so persons with disabilities and senior citizens can more conveniently access them.It stipulates that standard rooms in hotels and lodgings with renovated, newly or additionally constructed floor space of over 1,000 square meters must provide doorways at least 80 cent…READ FULL ARTICLE