--- description: Japan is considering installing universal, transgender-friendly toilets in venues hosting Olympic and Paralympic events title: Toilets for All Genders Are Coming to the Olympics in Japan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdb91a94c97c61d1/6988bcafcf40a8d9aec46ac4/unisex-bathroom-tokyo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [olympics](/tag/olympics/) ## olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Toilets for All Genders Are Coming to the Olympics in Japan by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 2, 2017 2:09 PM CUT  Toilet ToiletGetty Images/iStockphoto by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 2, 2017 2:09 PM CUT Japan is considering installing universal, transgender-friendly toilets in venues hosting Olympic and Paralympic events. The Tokyo city government is reportedly moving forward with a plan to install at least one unisex toilet in seven of the 11 venues that are being constructed for the 2020 games, [according to the Japanese newspaper ](http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702270047.html "undefined")_Asahi Shimbun._ The plan calls for larger facilities to receive additional toilets. Japan has already implemented _daredemo toire_—the wheelchair-friendly “everyone’s toilet”—throughout the country. The universal-gender toilets would be smaller, but large enough to accommodate two people so they could also be used by people who require assistance but do not use wheelchairs. Officials are hoping they’ll reduce the queue for other wheelchair-accessible bathrooms and provide a safe haven for transgender users. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4688322/toilets-all-genders-olympics-japan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4688322/toilets-all-genders-olympics-japan/"},"headline":"Toilets for All Genders Are Coming to the Olympics in Japan","datePublished":"2017-03-02T14:09:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:37:25.025Z","description":"The country hosts the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020","url":"https://time.com/4688322/toilets-all-genders-olympics-japan/","keywords":["olympics","Japan","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdb91a94c97c61d1/6988bcafcf40a8d9aec46ac4/unisex-bathroom-tokyo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdb91a94c97c61d1/6988bcafcf40a8d9aec46ac4/unisex-bathroom-tokyo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Unisex Restroom in Tokyo","caption":"Unisex Restroom in Tokyo","creditText":"Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/olympics/","name":"olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4688322/toilets-all-genders-olympics-japan/","name":"Toilets for All Genders Are Coming to the Olympics in Japan"}}]}] ```