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SIGNS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2016
New emergency icon system denotes disaster shelters
The government has urged prefectures and municipalities to put five redesigned emergency icons into use to guard against tsunami, floods, landslides and other disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2015
Woman held in Osaka for allegedly turning traffic signs into street art
A woman arrested in Osaka on Wednesday on suspicion of defacing traffic signs with artsy, humorous stickers has admitted to vandalism, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 23, 2014
Baffled foreign tourists get little help on trains
Although Asian tourists are flocking to Japan in greater numbers, many are at a loss in railway stations, where few signs are written in languages other than Japanese and English.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2014
Standardized English for road signs to help foreign tourists
Foreign tourists in Japan will have a less confusing time trying to identify roads and landmarks thanks to the introduction of standardized English words and eradication of "Romanized" Japanese words on public signs, transport ministry officials said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Oct 1, 2013
A welcome sign: Tantrums may be on the way out
Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013
Signs of the times: street, building markers get English names
Foreign tourists should have an easier time identifying the seat of government in Tokyo when the current sign, 'Kokkai,' is pulled down and replaced with 'The National Diet.'

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