Japan begins introducing English road signs ahead of Olympics

Japan begins introducing English road signs ahead of Olympics

A worker replaces a stop sign with a new bilingual sign (R) in Osaka on July 1, 2017. Japan began introducing new bilingual traffic signs that day amid an increase in the number of foreign visitors ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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