FEATURE: Dining accessibility on rise as restaurants cater to swallowing disorders

An increasing number of restaurants in Japan are offering meals designed for individuals with dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that makes eating and drinking difficult.This movement has been warmly welcomed not only by those affected but also by their families, who see it as an opportunity to reclaim the joy of dining out together.Tonden Holdings Ltd., which operates 95 Japanese restaurants in Hokkaido -- the country's northernmost main island -- as well as in Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, and Gunma, is one restaurant group that has introduced meals for …READ FULL ARTICLE