Tokyo's barrier-free push hits snag for wheelchair users

A group representing disabled people in Japan has said the doorway width stipulated in a planned amendment of Tokyo's barrier-free ordinance for hotels is unlikely to be wide enough for many wheelchairs.The amendment, which the metropolitan government aims to bring into effect in September, less than a year before the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, will require new hotels with more than 1,000 square meters of total floor space or facilities expanding by 1,000 square meters from the beginning of September to ensure guest room doorways are more than 80 centimeters wide and bathroom doorwa…READ FULL ARTICLE