Hello,

Yes at most stations in cities the staff are at the entrance (in some rare occasions you can reach them via an intercom).

You WILL need a staff to help you with the ramp to get on the Shinkansen. There are definitely staff at all Shinkansen entrances. They usually take you to the platform 10min before the train, so you want to likely…

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I think most can to a degree, but you may want to prepare a translator app on your phone. Most let you download the language pairs onto your phone so you don’t need to worry about data when out and about

It seems like that’ll be the way for wheelchair spaces, but I hope Delta’s program raises the bar and others want to meet or exceed it! However, I hope that government policies that were put in place are enforced and pressured to finish sooner than the like 10 years the US plan gave.

While not an American, I’m gonna miss Pete Buttigieg, he genuinely seemed like a good person working to make things better.

As a non-American, I am concerned as carriers flying to the US have to follow its rules which means it can tend to ripple out to other countries.

Hopefully the airlines with have accessibility become a point of…

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