Starbucks opens 5th sign language store!

27 June 2020

Great news from Japan as Starbucks is set to open its fifth store where sign language used for customers. Various news sites have reported the news from across the globe. The newest Starbucks store is located in a district of Tokyo that is popular with the deaf community.

According to Wikipedia there are over 300,000 deaf people over 18 in Japan but no official number of JSL users and JSL is an official language in the country just like BSL is in Britain.

What the sign for cappucino is in JSL?

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