Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. said Wednesday it will open its first store in the country with sign language ability for hearing impaired customers.The store will open on Saturday in Kunitachi, western Tokyo, with 19 hearing impaired employees among 25 staff members.The new outlet will be the fifth "signing store" globally run by the U.S. coffee chain Starbucks Corp., as it is stepping up efforts to create stores with focus on diversity and inclusion.The coffee chain offers services in sign language at four stores in Malaysia, the United States and China at present. Some hearing impaired emplo…READ FULL ARTICLE
