By KOSUKE TAUCHI/ Staff Writer
November 25, 2020 at 19:29 JST
Members of the National Council of Visually Disabled in Japan test a communication device that gives information on traffic signals using a smartphone on Nov. 9 in Chiba Prefecture. (Kosuke Tauchi)
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