ＪＲ東支社長「差別の意図ない」　恵比寿駅のロシア語表示隠し

　ＪＲ東日本が恵比寿駅（東京都渋谷区）のロシア語の案内表示を一時覆い隠していた問題で、同社の深谷光浩東京支社長は１９日、記者団の取材に応じ、「差別の意図はなかったが、総合的に考えて適切ではなかった」と話した。
　同駅にはロシアによるウクライナ侵攻後、複数の利用客からロシア語の表示について「不快だ」との意見が寄せられた。そのためＪＲ東は今月７日から、表示の上に「調整中」と書かれた紙を貼って覆い隠していた。一方、「差別ではないか」との指摘も多数あり、１５日に元に戻した。（2022/04/19-15:29）

An official of East Japan Railway Co. on Tuesday denied discriminatory intentions when the company temporarily covered up direction signs in Russian at its Ebisu Station in Tokyo this month.
   Speaking to reporters, Mitsuhiro Fukagai, head of the Tokyo branch of the railway operator, also known as JR East, admitted, however, that the move was "not appropriate from a comprehensive viewpoint."
   The Russian signs were covered up with sheets of paper with the words "Under Maintenance" from April 7, after staff workers at Ebisu Station received feedback from station users feeling uncomfortable to see words in Russian following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which started in late February.
   The sheets were removed Friday, after the move was criticized by many as being discriminatory.
   "There had been very strong opinions against (the Russian signs), so we had considered keeping the signs 'under maintenance' in the current circumstances and removing (the sheets of paper) after the situation stabilizes," Fukagai said.