A Starbucks in western Tokyo staffed mainly by workers with hearing disabilities is making progress in raising public awareness of sign language some five months after opening as the global coffee chain's first "signing store" in Japan.Customers of the outlet in a shopping mall in Kunitachi, which wants to reach out to the local community, don't need to use sign language to order, but if they want to try, there are simple instructions on the wall."We hope to develop the coffeehouse into a place where staff and local people can make connections while making sign language familiar to everyone…READ FULL ARTICLE
