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Will personal wheelchairs soon be allowed as seats on planes?

Steps have been taken to create barrier-free facilities ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games. But now that the Paralympics have begun, who is going to ensure such groundbreaking efforts continue?

From moon riders to job quotas, three residents give the lowdown on being disabled in Japan.

Will Pfizer Shots Be the Ticket to the Tokyo Olympics? TheStreet talks to top Japanese disease experts about whether the games can really go on safely -- and how COVID vaccines might change the course of the pandemic on the archipelago. Author: Original: Feb 21, 2021 When Japan made the unprecedented move last year of postponing the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, "everyone was disappointed," says Tokyo resident Josh Grisdale, who runs a website called Accessible Japan to promote tourism for people with disabilities.  Japan, after all, had been preparing for the games -- which will cos...