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By Jamie Berke, About.com Guide to Deafness since 1997

New School for Deaf in Japan

Friday July 11, 2008
In April 2008, Japan got a new school for the deaf thanks to the efforts of a deaf man who was upset by not being permitted to use sign language at his deaf school as a child. This same man, Akihiro Yonaiyama, also launched the Japanese Theatre of the Deaf. He is also a DoD - deaf of deaf parents.

Related on About.com: Tsukuba University of Technology in Japan

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July 11, 2008 at 11:57 pm
(1) RLM says:

Many THANKS for this information!

RLM

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