New Tokyo ordinance to boost barrier-free hotel rooms ahead of Paralympics english.kyodonews.net

Tokyo's revised barrier-free building ordinance is the first in Japan to set criteria for standard hotel rooms so persons with disabilities and senior citizens can more conveniently access them.
(A barrier-free "universal room" at Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo.)
The metropolitan government estimates up to 850 barrier-free hotel rooms will be needed per day during the upcoming Tokyo Games.
As the existing number of wheelchair-accessible rooms is insufficient to meet demand, the new ordinance is expected to push hotel operators to further renovate standard rooms to make them barrier-free.
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, located in the capital's Shinjuku district, prepared 13 barrier-free "universal rooms" in December through renovating existing rooms or building new ones.