Japanese firms revamp products, signage to be colorblind-friendly

Photo taken in April 2016 in Tokyo shows a subway route map posted at Tokyo's Shimbashi station after the adoption of a station numbering system in which stations on route maps are represented by a combination of letters and numbers to make them colorblind-friendly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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