By MIKAKO OTSUBO/ Staff Writer
September 13, 2021 at 07:30 JST
A wheelchair space is set aside in each train car on the Sendai city-run Tozai subway line in 2014. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The transport ministry is calling on rail companies to consider alternative ways to assist disabled riders, after an advocacy group criticized that in-station announcements lead to their victimization. [Read More]
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