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Toyota to offer mobile toilet for wheelchair users at Asian Para Games

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will offer portable toilets for wheelchair users during the Asian Para Games opening later Sunday, to help provid

Toyota Motor Corp. will deploy portable toilets suitable for wheelchair users during the upcoming Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan, starting Sunday, according to Kyodo news agency. The towable units, which feature a flush system and a low floor entrance, aim to provide barrier-free facilities for athletes, officials, and visitors at competition venues like badminton and shooting.

Six such mobile toilets, owned by Toyota and local governments, will be installed at various venues across Aichi Prefecture in central Japan until the Games end on October 24. Measuring 2.3 meters tall and fitting into a single parking slot, the compact toilet can be connected to water and sewage systems and accommodates a wheelchair user for a full 360-degree turn.

With a 90-liter water tank, it can be used up to 100 times, and includes a foldable stand for changing diapers. Toyota stated that anyone with a standard driver's license can operate the mobile toilet. The company recently deployed similar units in earthquake-stricken Kumamoto Prefecture, where residents and officials commended them for being clean and spacious.

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