Okinawa to make signs more foreigner-friendly

Okinawa to make signs more foreigner-friendly

NAHA, Japan - Signs in Okinawa Prefecture written in Roman letters for foreigners will be changed to make them easier to understand. Tthe Cabinet Office's Okinawa General Bureau said April 9 it plans to change about 1,300 such signs within five years.

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