Editorial

16:36 JST, August 4, 2025

It has become increasingly common to see people wearing the Help Mark, a symbol featuring a cross and a heart shape in white on a red background.

This mark is used by people with disabilities or illnesses that are not readily apparent from that person’s appearance, such as artificial joints or heart disease, to make it easier for them to ask for assistance. It is ideal to create a warm society in which people naturally extend a helping hand to those wearing the mark, such as by offering them seats on trains and buses.

The Tokyo metropolitan government created the mark in 2012, and it is now available free of charge in all prefectures. Those who need one can request it at local government offices and train stations, among other places.

In 2017, the........

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