Is escalator etiquette in Japan about to change?
The established custom of standing to one side and keeping the other side open for people in a hurry is being called into question by those who want to make moving stairways safer.
As next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics approach, a campaign spearheaded by the Tokyo Physical Therapy Association is gaining traction to get users to stay put amid a spate of accidents involving escalators and concerns raised by people with disabilities that they feel unsafe using them.