A growing number of socially aware companies are stepping up efforts to support the disabled by offering jobs suitable for physically and mentally impaired people.
Many disabled workers are as active as able-bodied workers and some enterprises are looking to them as a source of labor at a time when the working population is decreasing.
Yumi Taniguchi, who works for BASF Japan Ltd., a major foreign-affiliated chemical company, was born deaf and reports to the office every morning with a hearing dog named Sammy.