During the past five years, requests for interpretation by phone that were answered by the city’s Language Line or with an on-site interpreter increased more than five-fold in the Department of ...

A sign language interpreter, left, conveys comments by Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai at the prefectural headquarters building in the city of Tottori on Aug. 19, 2020. (Mainichi/Ayami Abe) In response to ...

Yoshihiro Ito, center, chairperson of the nonprofit Information Gap Buster, asks for understanding for sign language interpretation in future TV broadcasts of important national events, at the Members ...