The elderly and the physically and mentally impaired across Japan are being encouraged to get out of their homes and take to the streets on motorized carts.
Under the Town Mobility project, volunteers in towns and villages across the nation are making such vehicles and their variants available to seniors and people with disabilities.
In some remote communities in Shimane Prefecture, for example, motorized carts and wheelchairs are a vital means of transport for senior citizens.
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