Pictograms on Japanese electric toilets approved as global standard
Pictograms on how to use Japanese electric toilets have been registered as a global standard in a step aimed at making such signs more familiar to the growing number of foreign tourists visiting the country. Six kinds of pictograms — showing instructions on which buttons ...
Pictograms added, changed for 2020 Olympics but familiar 'onsen' sign gets reprieve
The government has expanded the list of standardized pictograms used in Japan's signboards and posts to better serve foreign visitors in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Thursday revealed 15 additions and seven changes to the ...
Japan aims to overcome language and cultural barriers before 2020 Games
Last of six parts Aiming to attract 40 million annual inbound tourists in 2020 when Tokyo will host the Olympics and Paralympics, Japan hopes to overcome a language and cultural gap of similar proportions within the next three years. Amid a growing mood to welcome foreign ...
Japan revamps map symbols that baffle tourists
The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has released a set of new standard symbols for foreign-language maps after criticism that some of its current pictograms are hard to understand or are even offensive. The most notorious of these is the swastika-like symbol for a ...
