Concentration of use of "multipurpose toilets" used by people with disabilities and people with children has become an issue, such as using people who do not originally need them.
The country has revised its guidelines, such as removing the multipurpose name that anyone can use and requiring a clear description of the target person.
A "multipurpose toilet" is a toilet for wheelchair users, ostomates wearing artificial anus and bladder, people with children, etc., but people who do not need to use it use it for a long time and the original user Concentration of usage has become an issue, such as waiting.
For this reason, the country has revised its guidelines on barrier-free buildings to discontinue publicly available names such as "multipurpose" and "multifunctional."
On top of that, we are requesting that the target people, such as wheelchair users and ostomates, be clearly marked with letters and pictogram marks.
In addition, the fact that multiple functions are concentrated in one multipurpose toilet also leads to congestion, so we are requesting that the functions be distributed and installed in general men's and women's toilets as much as possible.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, "In line with the revision of the guidelines, we would like to widely encourage people who can use general toilets to refrain from using multipurpose toilets unless it is unavoidable."