japanese Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/japanese/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png japanese Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/japanese/ 32 32 Japan’s Deaf Bus Driver Breaks Barriers https://deafniche.com/japan-deaf-bus/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 06:48:29 +0000 https://deafniche.com/?p=11070 Japan’s First Deaf Bus Driver Takeyama Matsuyama dreamed of being a bus driver since he was young; he rode the bus during his youth and admired the drivers, thinking that “seemed very cool.” As soon as Japan removed the ban on deaf drivers, Matsuyama went ahead and learned how to drive and passed the test. […]

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]]> Fujitsu’s Ontenna Could Make The Deaf Hear Again https://deafniche.com/fujitsus-ontenna-make-deaf-hear/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:37:03 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9521 It’s easy to pass up the small prototype at Japan’s Ceatec electronics show. It was surrounded by the latest advances in robotics, commuting and image projection technologies. However, even if the tiny prototype was the least advanced gadget on display, it’s arguably the most innovative gadget on display. The Ontenna, the name of the small […]

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